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 it comes to erroneously issued building permits in Dallas’ Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood and the subsequent “stop work orders,” many are shouting for five volunteer officials who sit on the Board of Adjustment’s Panel A to “do the right thing.” But it would appear they have differing opinions on what the right thing is. The…
Not much was accomplished in Tuesday’s Economic Development Committee meeting, but good questions were asked and dramatic sound bites abound for the City’s controversial ForwardDallas 2.0. Dallas City Council members on the Economic Development Committee discussed the proposed comprehensive land use plan — and if, or how it will affect existing single-family neighborhoods. The accusations went…
Editor’s Note: This story was updated Aug. 29 to include a statement from Child Poverty Action Lab Chief of Housing Ashley Flores. If District 1 Dallas City Councilman Chad West was hoping for full support of Public Facility Corporation projects as a mechanism for providing much-needed multifamily workforce housing, he is probably disappointed. Several months…
Following a two-year investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Friday against Richardson-based RealPage Inc., accusing the company of using an “unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing” with its rental management software that landlords use to price apartments. “In a free market, these landlords would otherwise be…
Months ago, some City Hall spectators predicted that the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan would be kicked down the road indefinitely, delayed until after the May 2025 municipal elections. That’s still a possibility, but while the plan could be adopted as early as September, the final version may look drastically different than today’s draft. The…
