After more than two decades in Sundance Square, Fort Worth’s beloved Reata restaurant bid farewell to its longtime location on Sunday night, marking the end of an era while looking forward to new beginnings on Throckmorton Street. “It’s a little bittersweet. We’re excited about the future and moving to the tower,” said Mike Micallef, president of Reata Restaurant. Following the …

The week began with a buzz of anticipation over whether Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther would be arrested for keeping her business open in violation of a Dallas County order. By Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott had green-lighted salons to open on Friday. But moments after that announcement, Luther was in District Judge Eric Moyé’s courtroom getting a stern scolding. He …

Perhaps it is time to acknowledge the real elephant in the public education room. It is certainly time to take a hard look at the great online learning failure of 2020. The cause of the switch to remote learning was beyond anyone’s control, and many teachers, parents and students have labored heroically to establish some degree of continuity in a …

We’ll give Gov. Greg Abbott this: Reopening a state as vast and as complex as Texas in the midst of a pandemic is going to go down as one of the hardest things a governor will be asked to do in our lifetimes. There are millions of voices screaming for movement, and regardless which direction he moves, there will be …

AUSTIN — Support from whites, independents and older Texans helps drive U.S. Senate hopeful MJ Hegar’s sizable lead over state Sen. Royce West in the Democratic primary runoff, analysis of a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll shows. West leads among blacks, holds a narrow edge among Democrats between 18 and 24 years old and barely is beating …

Mild weather will continue today with sunshine and a gusty south wind. South winds will increase to 20-30 mph this afternoon to help warm things up and increase Gulf moisture. Temperatures will warm into the low to mid 80s. Our next cold front arrives late tonight into Friday morning, bringing a chance for severe weather to parts of North Texas. …

Dallas County has seen new highs in recently reported cases of coronavirus this week, with Tuesday bringing in the highest single-day total during the pandemic. Those recent increases in new positive cases have occurred without a significant increase in testing, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said. But they could be attributed to a change in testing criteria, which allows frontline …

Dallas County will spend at least $10 million to help residents pay for housing and businesses keep the lights on after stay-at-home orders put in place to slow the coronavirus pandemic brought the local and national economies to a near standstill. The two programs were approved Tuesday by county commissioners, although neither will be immediately launched and more details on how individuals …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott pushed forward with the state’s economic restart, announcing another wave of business reopenings that start Friday for hair and nail salons and May 18 for gyms and manufacturing plants. The businesses can open with limited capacity to help prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. While Abbott recommended Texans wear face masks, they are not required. …

AUSTIN — Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on Monday called major retailers to tighten up their health and safety precautions as the state attempts to reopen up amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “While these behemoth retailers continue to reap profits with little to no regard for their employees’ and customers’ safety — ensuring the continued spread of COVID-19 — our …

A Dallas salon owner will spend a week in jail after she was found in contempt of court Tuesday for violating an order to close her salon during the coronavirus pandemic. Shelley Luther(Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) In addition, Shelley Luther was fined $7,000 for continuing to operate her business, Salon à la Mode, in violation of a judge’s temporary restraining order …