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.
Locally-renowned Dallas home builder and former mayor of University Park Harold Peek will be recognized by the state this fall at the Texas Housing Hall of Honor’s annual induction ceremony. Peek became the youngest president of the Dallas Builders Association in 1971 when he was just 31 years old. Harold Peek’s Legacy Harold Peek, a…
Dallas has explored numerous options to get the unhoused off the streets and away from once-thriving businesses, residential neighborhoods, and public parks and libraries. Permanent supportive housing appears to be the solution most agree has been successful, yet the challenges persist. What the city has not done, however, is hand out cash to the homeless. …
The process of updating Dallas’ comprehensive land use plan — for the first time since 2006 — has been an arduous, often contentious process for the City Plan Commission, a panel appointed by Dallas City Council members to represent each of 14 geographical districts. There have been many accusations that the plan is a low-key…
Rowlett, Plano, Irving, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch recently approved resolutions saying they want to reduce the amount of sales tax they’re paying to Dallas Area Rapid Transit. It appears some Dallas elected officials are considering following suit. In a June 24 meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee, members agreed…
Once again the future of Dallas short-term rentals is clear as mud. Here’s a brief history of the timeline to date. The Dallas City Council in June 2023 banned short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods, providing a six-month deadline for operators to ensure they were in compliance or shut down. The Dallas Short Term Rental Alliance…
