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 leaders are stepping up their game when it comes to removing unsheltered residents from city streets, but not everyone is satisfied with a proposed approach to create alternative options, which could pull funding from what proponents say is a proven, successful Housing Forward model. Members of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homeless Solutions…
As a young girl in South Africa, Sue Berk learned the value of hard work and saving money. While working in advertising in New York City, she ate a bagel for lunch every day and skipped out on Starbucks runs with friends. She still shops at discount stores and doesn’t get her nails done to…
More than 60 residents returned to City Hall on Thursday night for a second public hearing on an updated draft version of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan. The document is under review by the City Plan Commission and will be presented to the City Council in the fall, officials said last week. City staff…
Dallas voters could decide this November whether to double council member salaries to $125,000 per year, require that the Community Police Oversight director and Inspector General be appointed by the City Council, and delete the provision prohibiting the City Council from “interfering” with appointees and subordinates of the city manager. In all, the council is…
The City of Dallas has an important story to tell, and Linda McMahon is already writing headlines. McMahon announced last week her departure from The Real Estate Council after 13 years. The Dallas Economic Development Corporation unanimously appointed her as the organization’s first CEO following an executive session at its regular meeting Tuesday. Dallas Economic…
