Businesses are closed or barely hanging on. Your favorite waiter is no longer working and the small business owner who once employed that waiter is trying to cobble together a way to emerge on the other side of the pandemic. Some businesses will make it and others will not. But the effort to help small […]
December 10, 2020 Most people have heard the familiar warning by now: people with certain health conditions are at a higher risk of serious illness if they contract COVID-19. While older adults are also at a high risk for serious illness, people of any age with certain health conditions may be especially vulnerable, health experts […]
December 11, 2020 When spring break ended last March, teacher Gay Leigh Bingham never returned to the classroom at Seagoville High School, and she still hasn’t gone back. “I’m going to blame COVID, because it was here and I fit into that higher risk,” said Bingham, who turns 63 next month. After 18 years of […]
December 10, 2020 Texas students will still take STAAR tests this school year, but their campuses and districts won’t be graded by the state. The Texas Education Agency announced the decision Thursday afternoon, saying that testing data is necessary to show the impact of the pandemic on student learning. The pandemic “has disrupted school operations […]
Wide-spread media coverage followed the death of George Floyd and gave rise to the critical focus on racial injustices in our society. While many organizations reacted quickly by implementing diversity programs, there is still a great deal of progress to be made, especially in the technology industry where women, people of color and other minorities […]
December 10, 2020 Non-profit coffee shop Well Grounded Coffee Community is expected to open Dec. 14 in the Casa Linda neighborhood of East Dallas. The faith-based shop will employ mothers who were formerly incarcerated and are rehabilitating their lives via a Dallas non-profit named Exodus Ministries. So far, the co-presidents of Well Grounded have hired […]
December 10, 2020 As the coronavirus storm clouds began to gather in March, CRG Managing Partner J.J. Smith was hired to help run the firm’s residential sector. In the first few weeks, he concentrated on developing a plan that leaned heavily on urban infill projects in high-density markets, the profitable strategy pursued by so many […]
December 10, 2020 Construction cranes are a sign of ‘real change’ in the Red Bird area of Oak Cliff in southwest Dallas, developer Peter Brodsky recently told WFAA-TV (Channel 8). “People are finally believing because they can see real change,” said Brodsky, who purchased Red Bird Mall in 2015. “When they see the construction cranes, […]
December 10, 2020 A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, […]
December 11, 2020 A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food and Drug Administration signs off, […]