April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
After two special sessions and more than a few proverbial shots fired from both chambers of the Texas Legislature, Republican lawmakers reached an agreement Monday to provide property tax relief. The Texas Tribune broke the news Monday morning: The $18 billion compromise between the Texas House and Senate — which includes more than $5 billion…
The Dallas Love Field Environmental Advisory Committee meets this week, offering a rare opportunity for residents who live near the city-owned airport to air their grievances about noise pollution. Neighbors in Briarwood, Bluffview, Love Field West, Elm Thicket, and the town of Highland Park have reached out to CandysDirt.com over the past year about the…
The Dallas City Council stood by its appointed Park and Recreation Board last month as it refused to amend a change order at the request of contractors building the Hi Line Connector trail project. The project has been delayed eight months due to litigation with the original low bidder. The contractor ultimately awarded the bid,…
A change in Dallas’ Code of Ethics that will make it easier to investigate and prosecute city officials and board members was approved last month, over the objections of a couple of council members. The measure, which was ultimately unanimously approved, is an opportunity to get in line with other U.S. municipalities which require “a…
A Fourth of July fireworks show ended in gunfire just before midnight Monday, as police say several men fired into a crowd at Fort Worth’s ComoFest in the historic West Fort Worth Como neighborhood. Three people died and eight were injured in the chaos, which attendees said sounded like fireworks. Fort Worth police said “several…
