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.
When the Dallas Police Association Political Action Committee released its sought-after city council candidate endorsements last week, there were a few blank spaces, notably, no endorsements were made in Districts 3 and 7. DPA officials have said they would soon have a recommendation in the District 11 race, which includes CandysDirt.com founder and publisher Candace…
Editor’s Note: A Dallas City Council agenda for the Tuesday, April 4, meeting was posted late Friday and includes a presentation on short-term rentals. One of the biggest campaign issues of the Dallas City Council election cycle could be decided before early voting begins. Council members have discussed, debated, and deferred decisions on short-term rentals…
Cindy lives in a sober-living home in Dallas. She has a part-time job that covers her reduced rent and she does volunteer work regularly. She has a valid Texas driver’s license, but she can’t afford a car. So she spends $48 a month — the rate for disabled and senior citizens — and takes the…
A controversial housing project inched forward Tuesday in a carefully-worded motion by the Dallas Public Facility Corp. Board of Directors. The Dallas PFC Board voted 8-3 to approve a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Sycamore Strategies “subject to indemnification by the [Dallas] City Council and research from corporate counsel that we will not take on…
About $4.4 million has been collected since May for a little-known affordable housing incentive program known as the Mixed-Income Housing Development Bonus. The MIHDB fund was created by the Dallas City Council last year to provide incentives like changes in height, floor area ratio, density, or parking reduction in exchange for on-site affordable units. Developers…
