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.
During a quarterly update at the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee on Monday, good news was shared about the progress made toward removing encampments and providing shelter for the homeless. But the conversation took a turn as city leaders demanded that other regional partners offer support. More Than 4,200 Homeless in Dallas…
Former Dallas City Councilman Adam Medrano acknowledged Tuesday that he proposed a charter amendment stripping authority from the Dallas Park and Recreation Board because he was circumvented by developers several years ago who wanted to privatize Reverchon Park — an action that could have been avoided if authority was given instead to the City Manager’s…
A lot of ink has been spilled about a U.S. Census report showing that Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington grew faster last year than any other metropolitan area, but the big numbers are not in the City of Dallas. In fact, more people moved out of Dallas than moved in. The “why” of it all could be as…
The business office manager of an East Dallas senior living community is on unpaid leave after being accused of bilking residents out of more than $67,800. It doesn’t appear that the woman has been fired yet, pending the results of a police investigation and forensic audit, but she’s referred to as a “former employee” in…
A request for proposals to consulting firms wishing to take on the search for a new Dallas city manager closes at 1 p.m. Friday. The RFP was issued March 14. The search firm will be tasked with finding qualified, interested, and available candidates for the City Council to interview. The Dallas city manager makes about…
