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In 1995, the building was evacuated following a bomb threat called in to the IRS office. [6] On June 30, 2015, an envelope containing white powder was discovered in an office on the 14th floor. The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department determined that the powder was chalk; no one was injured in the incident. [3]
The Consular Office in Dallas, the most recent addition to the list of South Korean diplomatic posts in the United States, was established in 2012 under control of the Consulate General in Houston. This reflects the rapid growth of the South Korean expatriate community in Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area as well as the strengthening ...
The office of the Texas Attorney General stated, in 2011, that Texas had about 2,294 colonias, and estimates about 500,000 lived in the colonias. Hidalgo County, as of 2011, has the largest number of colonias. [198] Texas has the largest number of people living in colonias of all states. [197] Texas has 254 counties, more than any other state ...
As the Federal Government's presence in Dallas grew over 310,000 square feet (29,000 m 2) were leased in surrounding buildings to house larger agencies. The U.S. District and Circuit Courts moved to the new Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in 1971, following the departure of the Post Office regional headquarters in the same year. [3]
Dallas was first settled in 1797. It was later incorporated as a borough on April 21, 1879, from land entirely within Dallas Township. [5] The township had been formed in 1817 [5] and was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury and the father of George M. Dallas, the vice president of James Polk.
Simultaneously, it was stipulated that a separate consulate should be established in New York City, covering the same states as a district, with an office budget of 500 Riksdaler banco. This amount was increased to 1,000 on November 15, 1867, and to 1,500 on November 11, 1870, in the same currency.
Former facility of the Consulate-General of Mexico in Dallas at 8855 North Stemmons Freeway. The Consulate-General of Mexico in Dallas (Spanish: Consulado-General de México en Dallas) is a diplomatic mission of Mexico in Dallas, Texas, United States. It was established in 1920 [1] and it currently covers 82 counties in North Texas.
[13] [14] In May 2020, an independent research report from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology found that, "Before its closure in the summer of 2020, the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas was a major hub in China’s global S&T information gathering operation. From January 2015 to July 2020, Houston Consulate staff identified more ...