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.
Dallas City Attorney Chris Caso announced his retirement Thursday, a day after CandysDirt.com broke the story that his departure was imminent. In an email to Mayor Eric Johnson and the Dallas City Council obtained by CandysDirt.com, Caso stated the following: Dear Mayor and Council, I will be retiring from the City on February 28th to…
Following more than two months of uncertainty in the wake of a ransomware attack, the Dallas Central Appraisal District website is back up and running. The November hack rocked the real estate community and property owners trying to gather information for tax protests and homestead exemptions. The deadline to pay property taxes is Jan. 31.…
It’s all happening in Frisco, and the real estate market shows no signs of slowing down. Universal Parks & Resorts and the City of Frisco announced last week that a one-of-a-kind family theme park is proposed for a 97-acre site on the Fields Development along Dallas North Tollway and Panther Creek Parkway. Some heard the…
After two postponements, the Dallas City Council will finally evaluate City Attorney Chris Caso’s performance, a matter that’s already been twice delayed after two closed session meetings. Anonymous sources at Dallas City Hall told CandysDirt.com on Tuesday that some council members have expressed a lack of trust in the attorney. The sources, who asked not…
Fourteen Dallas City Council seats and the mayor’s gavel are up for grabs at the horseshoe on May 6, and today is the first day you can file candidate paperwork with the city secretary’s office. This could be an interesting election season as the coming May election is the first for the City of Dallas’…
