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 elected officials gave high praise to City Manager T.C. Broadnax during an April 24 City Council meeting, as the top administrator prepares to leave for a similar job in Austin. The irony was lost on no one, as some of the council members who praised him organized earlier this year to orchestrate Broadnax’s ouster.…
An old court building, a pair of libraries, an auto pound, and an airport are among the city-owned properties that could be developed or redeveloped pending appraisals and investor interest, officials said Wednesday during a brief meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Government Performance and Financial Management Committee. The properties under review, according to an…
A five-signature memorandum requesting the Dallas City Council discuss density options and minimum lot size is no longer a five-signature memorandum. In an email to Mayor Eric Johnson obtained by CandysDirt.com late Wednesday, District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon and District 11 Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz withdrew their names from District 1 Councilman Chad West’s Nov. 8…
Amid complaints of gun violence, sex trafficking, and raucous parties, the Plano City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance banning new short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods. The permanent ban on new STRs follows a temporary measure approved in May 2023 that halted new residential Airbnbs until an ordinance could be deliberated and approved. The…
We haven’t heard much about Hensley Field since the City of Dallas took legal action against the U.S. Navy In August 2023, but we were encouraged to see a photo on social media earlier this month showing members of the City’s Economic Development staff touring the site. “The best meetings take place in a Chinook,”…
