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Former Dallas Planning Director Julia Ryan denounces 'harmful' criticism of public sector workers
David Noguera and Julia Ryan When Dallas Planning and Urban Design Director Julia Ryan announced her departure from the city, speculation swirled that all was not well on Marilla Street. Ryan's resignation was announced in a memorandum from City Administrator TC Broadnax, in which Dallas City Council members were informed that Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Director David Noguera was also resigning. The heads of both departments were vocal experts in their fields and at times clashed respectfully with elected city council members and the public. Both left to pursue better jobs in other states, Ryan as a transportation planner at…
How to watch today's Dallas Cowboys vs. Carolina Panthers NFL game: live stream options, kickoff time, and more
Dallas Cowboys No. 4 Dak Prescott calls a play at the line of scrimmage during the first half of a game against the Los Angeles Rams on October 29, 2023 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Cooper Neal/Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys will play the Carolina Panthers today. Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young has struggled with just one win this season. After a crushing loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9, the Cowboys bounced back in a big way in Week 10. The Panthers should get some extra rest after facing the Chicago Bears on Thursday Night Football in…
Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Dallas 500. Features North Texas' most powerful and influential business leaders. This is our 9th book and it just keeps getting better. In addition to introducing you to lesser-known executives, our mission is to tell you things you didn't know about some of the most famous companies in business and show you the human side of them. You can read about their career paths in their company bios, but a surprising number of the Dallas 500 people also share the foods these leaders hate (liver, beets, fruitcake, Brussels sprouts, black licorice) and their…
Texas State Board of Education rejects many science textbooks due to climate change messages
Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that provides readers with the most important Texas news. The Republican-controlled Texas Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed eighth-grade science textbooks that would have required information about climate change for the first time. The 15-member board rejected most books because they contained policy solutions to climate change or were produced by companies with environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies. Rejected. Some textbooks were also rejected because SBOE reviewers gave the books low scores for how well they adhered to state curriculum standards. The board on Friday…
Big new Dallas park on land where city bought flooded homes from past floods – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
A 26-acre Dallas park will be built in the Cadillac Heights neighborhood, officials announced this week. The area is where the city has purchased many homes in the past to protect families from flooding. Cadillac Heights is located near the Trinity River, and new levees are also being built with federal funding to alleviate future flooding. Now, city officials believe that building a park on city-owned land will help improve the neighborhood. Roland G. Parrish Park is located at the southeast corner of Cedar Crest Boulevard and Morrell Road. “This is truly transformative and a purposeful project,” said Dallas City…
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped by Dallas on Friday to encourage North Texas residents to get vaccinated ahead of the inevitable rise in coronavirus and influenza cases.Dr. Mandy Cohen, who took over the federal agency in July, visited the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services as part of her tour of vaccine clinics in Texas and across the country. Vaccines are available to combat the three major respiratory diseases common during cold and flu season: influenza, COVID-19, and RSV, but vaccine rollout has been slow.One in five adults say they have received…
Speed is the leading cause of traffic fatalities in Dallas, so where are the police? – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
as NBC 5 investigates As the series “Driven to Death” continued, many viewers asked: “Where are the police?” And why don't Dallas police officers write more tickets? We visited one of those viewers, Gail Baker, who lives on Ferguson Road in east Dallas. Baker said he feels like he lives on the edge of a freeway. As our series “Driven To Death” continues, many are asking, where are the police? I heard from viewers that they rarely see Dallas police writing tickets. New records have raised further questions about enforcement on some of the city's most dangerous roads. “It's so…
Dallas Schools Join Kendra Scott Foundation's Little Yellow Library Program Launch » Dallas Innovation
Kendra Scott announced the first Little Yellow Library at PS 108K Sal Abbracciament School in Brooklyn, New York, and Dallas ISD will have one as well. [Photo: Kendra Scott] The Austin-based Kendra Scott Foundation, in partnership with First Book, will open the first Little Yellow Libraries this month on Nov. 28 at four schools in Texas, including Tom C. Gooch Elementary School in Dallas. will be established. The national launch took place last week at PS 108 in Brooklyn, New York. “At Kendra Scott, philanthropy comes first. It is a key pillar of our core values,” said Kendra Scott, founder,…
Some people seem to be confused by the newly opened bridge. DALLAS — A new pedestrian bridge over Route 75 in North Dallas opened to traffic Monday. And it took until Thursday for the photos to start circulating on social media. The SUV stopped on the bridge. Adam Reed, who took the photo, said he was eating lunch at Cindy's New York Deli and Restaurant when something caught his eye outside the window. “And there are people riding bicycles.” [waving his hands]. At first, it didn't really appeal to me. And then I realized. She's standing there two days after…
Is Dallas still a “city of hate”? Film director looks back on 60 years since JFK's assassination
November 22, 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the day President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.Fifty years after that fateful day, local filmmaker Quinn Matthews released a documentary about the shooting, City of Hate: Dallas and the Assassination. In it, he explores what Dallas was like before JFK's death and how the tragedy affected the city.Next Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination, and to commemorate the occasion, the J. Eric Johnson Central Library will screen Matthews' film Saturday at 1 p.m.Matthews spoke with KERA's Bekah Mohr…