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.
The District 14 crime rate changed less than 1 percent year-to-date from 2022, but residents in East Dallas and downtown neighborhoods are divided on a public safety and housing matter that could at long last come to a head this week: short-term rentals. District 14 has, by far, the most registered STRs, according to data…
After almost two decades of talking about Fort Worth’s $1 billion Panther Island project, a panel of city leaders, academics, and consultants will gather June 15 to see how the politically tense plan can get off the ground — or if it should at all. The meeting of the minds to discuss Panther Island is…
When term-limited District 3 Dallas City Council Member Casey Thomas announced in December, “He’s got next” in a photo with longtime public servant and pastor Zarin Gracey, he wasn’t wrong. It just took a while. With all precincts reporting around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Gracey claimed the D3 seat in the City Council’s only runoff, earning…
The Dallas City Council advertised that it was seeking public input last month on its Fiscal Year 2023-24 operating, capital, grant, and trust budget, but just one resident appeared before the panel. No supplemental documents, such as a proposed budget, were posted with the May 24 Dallas City Council agenda, so there wasn’t much on…
The Dallas Inspector General wants to make it easier to file charges against city officials, and some council members don’t like it. The Dallas City Council was briefed on several amendments to the Dallas Code of Ethics on Wednesday. The updates included changes in language and definitions governing things like conflicts of interest, campaign activities,…
