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.
Few people are willing to say it out loud, but in the early 1990s, when some of today’s city leaders were in high school, Oak Cliff was a place where parents told their children not to hang out after dark. Now the area covered by Dallas City Council District 1 — including North Oak Cliff…
The Dallas City Council has until mid-May to come up with an action plan for about $40 million in Community Development Block Grant and disaster recovery funds tied to specific uses and locations. The city also is facing a homelessness crisis, prompting leaders to surmise that there could be a win-win solution for a “tiny…
Roses are red, and tulips can’t miss, but this Mother’s Day, take Mom out to Swiss. The Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour, that is. Seriously, just go online and grab tickets, and consider Mother’s Day a wrap. There’s even something in it for the gift-giver, by way of an inside look at six simply…
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved a 10-year housing policy over the objections of a council member who equated the lack of public engagement to “craziness” and pointed to flaws in the plan that she alleged exacerbate racial issues and ignore poverty. The Dallas Housing Policy 2033 and a separate housing resource catalog replace…
Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas is wrapping up his fourth term at the horseshoe, and one thing he’d like to clear up before he leaves is that District 3 is a safe place to live. Thomas, a Dallas native, represents District 3, which covers southwest Dallas. Thomas has a lot to be proud of during…
