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.
As Phil Crone prepares for his departure from the Dallas Builders Association after 17 years, those who work alongside him are preparing for a new leader to take the reins. The longtime executive officer, known to speak his mind when advocating for the building community at the Texas Capitol or in front of the horseshoe…
Texas Pride Realty Group agent Bob McCranie understands what it’s like to feel unsafe in one’s own community, and he’s helping LGBTQ+ Texans who share that sentiment find another home. Nine “anti-LGBTQ” bills for minors were signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during the Texas legislative session that ended last month, McCranie said. Texas joined 18…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised voters a property tax cut and his latest action appears to send a clear message that the legislative session won’t end until he gets one. Abbott called another special session Tuesday, less than two hours after the House and Senate failed to reach an agreement on how to distribute $17.6…
The proposed City of Dallas budget won’t be unveiled until Aug. 8, but a 72-page Dallas City Council presentation is giving penny-pinching taxpayers plenty to digest in the interim. Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland reviewed the 2023-24 and 2024-25 budget and responded to general questions during a June 21 briefing. The City Council adopted a…
A former Dallas city planner came out swinging last week at a $2 million consulting contract to overhaul the city’s zoning code. Properly-executed code rewrites cost up to $25 million, District 14 resident and former Dallas planner LaKisha Girder told the City Council at a June 14 meeting. A halfhearted, piecemeal approach won’t work when…
