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.
Twice now the City of Dallas has been shot down by the courts in its effort to prohibit short-term rental homes — like those listed on platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo — in single-family neighborhoods and it’s spent $3.5 million thus far doing so. A judge ruled Feb. 9 that the City “is mistaken” in…
Representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said they’d sue when the town of Fairview denied their permit to build a 173-foot-tall temple. Late last month, the church appeared to make good on its promise, filing a “notice of intent” to file a lawsuit. At the time of the permit denial in…
A survey of more than 2,000 Dallas residents showed that infrastructure maintenance is the No. 1 priority in almost every geographic district of the city, with public safety closely following at No. 2. Traffic management, social services, and code enforcement also ranked high, and about 52% of respondents said access to affordable, quality housing should…
CandysDirt.com told the heartbreaking story late last month of a Dallas couple struggling to get a senior homestead exemption despite clearly meeting the age requirement and having lived in the home in question for more than a decade. The problem, according to the Dallas Central Appraisal District, was that the home was recognized in their…
Junius Heights is already a cool neighborhood. Nestled in East Dallas near Munger Place and Swiss Avenue, the area is home to Dallas’ largest historic district. The residents’ latest initiative involves a partnership with Trees for Tomorrow to ensure that Junius Heights remains one of Dallas’ coolest historic jewels. The 100-plus-year-old Junius Heights district is “showing…
