Getting Shift Done
It was only supposed to be for 12 weeks.
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Author: Bethany Erickson
Can Dallas Fix the Permitting Process?
“It is so difficult to get a building permit in the city of Dallas right now – we’re waiting eight weeks to get a building permit on a new home, and it’s unrelated to the tornado.”
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How Genome Sequencing Is Aiding Vaccines, Variant Tracking
Sometime today, Dallas County will adminster its 250,000th COVID-19 vaccination, and the relative speed when it comes to how quickly the vaccines went from development to vials and syringes is still a big discussion.
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Bill Requiring Power Generators to Prep for Temps Passes Committee
A bill that would require the state’s power generators to prepare for extreme temperatures is one step closer to becoming law after making it out of a Texas Senate committee.
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Dallas County Moves Risk Level to Orange
Tuesday, Dallas County health officials moved the county’s risk level to orange for the first time since September 2020 — and this time, bookended by news that the state would open COVID vaccination up to all adults next Monday and the news that Parkland has closed its COVID ICU wards, it might just be a sign that things are moving closer to green.
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Local Attorney Seeks To Toss Lawsuit Filed by Dominion
A local attorney who has been at the forefront of the Trump campaign’s insistence that the presidential election was “stolen” argued that the company suing her has no grounds because a “reasonable person” wouldn’t believe her claims.
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Commercial Occupancy Rates Plummet During Pandemic
What many supposed might happen, it turns out, did — commercial occupancy rates dropped a great deal in the fourth quarter of 2020, analysis by the Texas A&M Real Estate Center revealed.
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Abbott’s Decision Unmasks Opinions
As the state, country, and county reacted to Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that the state would open 100% on March 10 – and that the mask mandate would be lifted – readers have been letting us know how they feel.
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Cases, Deaths Slowing as Vaccination Efforts Improve
Last Thursday, for the first time in months, Dallas County health officials reported a new COVID-19 case count that was below 200.
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Sentencing in Forest Park Fraud Case Nearly Complete
Sentencing for the bulk of the defendants in the Forest Park Medical Center fraud case wrapped up Friday after three days of discussions.
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Sentencing for Final Forest Park Medical Defendants Ongoing
Sentencing continues Friday for the remaining slate of defendants in the Forest Park Medical Center fraud case, with at least seven defendants so far receiving sentences.
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