Business

Laura Valdez, of Mazda Financial Services, knows the value of a powerful, personal brand.

BuzzBallz CEO Merrilee Kick is someone who trusts her instincts. She’s also someone who is not afraid to jump. A former Plano ISD teacher, she operates one of the country’s largest women-owned distilleries in Plano.

As salon owners prepare for the first day of work since the shelter-in-place began, May 8, they are sanitizing and changing the rules to fit a new normal.

There wasn’t a single, sudden moment when Paula Masters, the chief executive officer of the Coppell-based bean bag company Fatboy USA , and her staff realized the effect that the coronavirus outbreak could have on a business.

Texas has experienced a 2,000 percent increase in unemployment claims since the coronavirus pandemic two months ago.

As a 16-year-old sophmore at Clark High School, Arbaaz Karim is already too familiar with the mental health issues and alarming suicide rates that teenagers face.

Bars will probably be the last business allowed to reopen in Texas. It’s no surprise. Texas has a complicated relationship with bar owners and liquor stores (though drinking beer at a Dallas Cowboys watch party is generally expected).

Dallas Skyport rendering | Courtesy of Uber In the classic Back to the Future franchise , Marty McFly and Doc Brown traverse time in a flying, souped-up DeLorean.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that retail stores, restaurants, malls, movie theaters, and museums can open on May 1 at 25 percent capacity in counties with five or more COVID-19 cases.

It seems the Open Texas Facebook group’s prayers were somewhat answered Monday afternoon.