Dallas Morning News

The Last Word: Texas Women’s Foundation CEO on New Census Data Showing DFW’s Gender Pay Gap

by | Jan 20, 2026
“So what’s incentivizing us if we are going to make considerably less than our male counterparts the more educated we get?”

Karen Hughes White President and CEO Texas Women’s Foundation … on newly released Census data showing D-FW has the widest gender pay gap among U.S. metros with populations over 5 million, via the Dallas Morning News....

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Dallas Morning News To Be Acquired by Hearst in Deal Valuing DMN Parent at $74.9M
by | Jul 10, 2025
New York City-based Hearst Corp.—the media giant that owns everything from A&E Network to Cosmopolitan to 28 daily newspapers across the U.S.—is acquiring DallasNews Corp. and its 140-year-old newspaper by offering a premium of 219% on its stock price. At the deal's close, the Morning News will go private and join the nationwide Hearst Newspapers lineup.
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The Last Word: Law Firm Leader Paul Genender On Dallas’ ‘Supercity’ Status
by | Aug 26, 2024
In June, the Dallas-based TXSE Group announced plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S., with $120 million in funding lined up from BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and other investors. That's led to national buzz about "Y'all Street" and growing global awareness of the city's financial and corporate momentum. 
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The Last Word: Leaf President on What Made DFW the ‘Trading Card Capital of the World’
Dallas-Fort Worth has become "the trading card capital of the world," with two big industry players, Leaf and Panini America, headquartered in the region, and top local auction houses routinely hammering sales of rare, headline-grabbing cards.
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DallasNews Corp. Promotes Executive to Chief Financial Officer

by | Mar 22, 2024
Over the past six years, Cathy Collins has served in roles of increasing responsibility in finance leadership at the company. She previously worked for 16 years at ALM Media.
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Dallas Zoo Welcomes First Female CEO in Its 135-Year History, Names Nine New Board Members
by | Jan 26, 2024
New Chief Executive Officer Lisa New took the helm of the Dallas Zoo earlier this month as the zoo looks to make its "next big leap."
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UNT Dallas President Announces Retirement After Nearly a Decade of Impact
by | Jan 24, 2024
Bob Mong joined The University of North Texas at Dallas in 2015 following a distinguished journalism career, during which he ascended to editor-in-chief of The Dallas Morning News.
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DMN: NexPoint To Redevelop Dallas’ Cityplace Tower with Hotel, Apartments by 2025
by | Aug 23, 2023
Dallas-based NexPoint plans to convert eight floors of the 42-story Cityplace Tower into rental apartments at a cost of $61.5 million, according to the Dallas Morning News. That will be in addition NexPoint's development of a 222-room hotel and conference center at Cityplace, a $136.2 million project that was announced in 2020 but delayed by the pandemic.
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Dallas Festival of Ideas

Festival of Ideas: How Dallas Can Become a More ‘Connected City’

by | Apr 9, 2018
Discussions during the fourth annual event explored how to become more connected in the areas of education, health, physical layout, and inclusiveness.
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Panel Tackles Entrepreneurship
at Festival of Ideas Forum
by | Mar 20, 2017
The emphasis of the panel’s discussion will be on training and access to minority communities.
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Christine Perez
What It Takes To Make It as a Woman in STEM
by | Jan 3, 2016
D CEO gathered Yasmin, Brown, and Cain together to discuss issues women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) face.
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