Dallas County

Share Your Winter Weather Nightmare Stories with City and State Leaders

By Shelby Skrhak / February 20, 2021 /

Unprecedented doesn’t even begin to describe what happened this month of a week we’ve all experienced. But area leaders are asking residents to share their experiences to help garner federal aid, inform legislators for upcoming hearings, and help understand exactly what went wrong. Texas Disaster Self-Reporting Tool FEMA Region 6 and the Texas Department of…

Texas Gains 100K New Residents From Other States, According to Report

By Tommy Cummings / February 12, 2021 /

According to Census estimates, Texas added 537,000 to 582,000 incoming residents in 2019. The Census estimated outgoing residents numbering between 435,000 to 471,000, yielding the 100K net gain. Texas also gained 192K to 220K residents from outside the U.S. in 2019.

These 7 Texas Counties Make Work-From-Home-Friendly List

By Tommy Cummings / October 5, 2020 /

Texas has the highest number of work-from-home-friendly counties in the country, according to a recent National Association of Realtors study.

Meet Tommy Cummings: This Writer Brings a Fresh Perspective to Suburb Sunday

By Tommy Cummings / September 20, 2020 /

What makes me qualified to keep you informed about your communities in our weekly feature, Suburb Sunday? I’m one of you. I’ve rented and owned homes in Dallas and Tarrant counties for 26 years. I have a mortgage, labored through refinance paperwork, grumbled about HOAs. I’ve tried to keep my lawn from burning to a…

Abbott To Talk Re-Opening the State Today: Is Texas Ready?

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2020 /

Texas Governor Greg Abbott may lift stay-at-home restrictions… a blueprint for the future of living with Covid-19