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Dallas company named No. 1 employer in Texas for 2023 by Fortune magazine

PMG was named the best "Small and Medium" employer in Texas.

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Dallas-Fort Worth workers looking for their next employment opportunity might want to consider the long list of local companies that were just named the Best Workplaces in Texas for 2023 by Fortune and Great Place to Work.

Great Place to Work, which helps employers improve their workplace culture, and Fortune magazine annually team up to select the best companies to work for in two categories: small and midsize employers, and large employers. Rankings are based on feedback from employee surveys and data from Great Place to Work-certified employers.

Dallas-based digital marketing agency PMG was named the No. 1 employer in Texas in the "small and medium" market.

PMG workers surveyed say their company is "extremely supportive" of their employees.

"Raises and promotions occur on a regular cadence with rationale as to why you did or did not receive one," the report says. "The transparency here is unmatched and gives employees a sense of belonging to the team rather than just being worker bees with no explanation on why things are happening."

Four more Dallas-Fort Worth companies appear in the top 10 best "small and medium" Texas employers list: Dallas consulting firms Credera (No. 2), Pariveda (No. 3), and Embark LLC (No. 5); and Plano-based homebuilders Highland Homes (No. 6).

Addison-based Credera was No. 1 on last year's list. Though it slipped to No. 2 this year, employees in the report say their leaders have developed an "extremely kind and collaborative" workplace culture and call their leadership "transparent and trustworthy."

Additional Dallas-area companies listed among Fortune's 75 Best Small and Medium Workplaces in Texas 2023 are:

No. 11 – Dialexa, Dallas
No. 17 – Solaris Healthcare, Decatur
No. 18 – Freese and Nichols, Fort Worth
No. 21 – Bestow, Dallas
No. 22 – Moxie Pest Control, Dallas
No. 25 – HRchitect, Frisco
No. 29 – Cerpass RX, The Colony
No. 30 – Publishing Concepts, L.P., Dallas
No. 33 – QEO Insurance Group, Irving
No. 35 – City Credit Union, Dallas
No. 36 – Fort Capital, Fort Worth
No. 38 – Virtual Networx Inc., Dallas
No. 42 – Kriya RevGEN, Grapevine
No. 43 – UMI, LLC, Richardson
No. 45 – European Wax Center, Plano
No. 46 – IMCS Group Inc., Irving
No. 47 – JMBullion.com, Dallas
No. 49 – Astanza Laser, Dallas
No. 50 – New Western, Dallas
No. 54 – ProPath, Dallas
No. 55 – Think Power Solutions, Plano
No. 56 – CareerStaff Unlimited, Irving
No. 58 – Assuras, Dallas
No. 59 – Specialized Security Services, Dallas
No. 60 – FPT USA Corporation, Richardson
No. 61 – Hall Group, Dallas
No. 63 – Yooz Inc., Coppell
No. 67 – Pegasus Logistics Group, Coppell
No. 70 – 5, Irving
No. 71 – Spinakr Solutions, Dallas
No. 72 – Wilson Perumal and Company, Dallas
No. 73 – Vetoquinol USA, Fort Worth

Large employers
Eight Dallas-Fort Worth employers made it onto Fortune's list of best large workplaces in Texas.

Irving healthcare consulting firm Vizient ranked highest, at No. 4. Dallas global tax servicer and software provider Ryan LLC(No. 5), Arlington-based Texas Health Resources (No. 6), and Plano-based construction product manufacturers Hilti, Inc. (No. 7) also cracked the top 10.

Additional Dallas-Fort Worth employers listed on Fortune's top 25 Best Large Workplaces in Texas 2023 report are:

No. 11 – PrimeLending, Dallas
No. 15 – Mr. Cooper (Nationstar Mortgage), Coppell
No. 16 – RealPage Inc., Richardson
No. 20 – Enhabit Home Health and Hospice, Dallas
No. 23 – Associa, Dallas
No. 25 – Goosehead Insurance, Westlake (Note: Goosehead founder Robyn Jones recently was named to Forbes' 2023 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women.)

The Best Workplaces in Texas award is the only one of its kind in the U.S. that "selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated," according to a press release. The companies are evaluated based on how well they treat their employees across several factors, including race, gender, age, disability status, and more.

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Weed News

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Dallas over decriminalization of marijuana

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The City of Dallas has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for its efforts to decriminalize marijuana.

According to a release, Paxton has sued the city for adopting a city charter amendment that would decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and prohibit police from enforcing Texas law.

That amendment was Proposition R, or Dallas Freedom Act, which decriminalizes possession of four ounces of marijuana or less. Voters passed the amendment in the November 5 election, with 67 percent voting in favor.

The lawsuit, filed against the Dallas City Council, alleges that Proposition R is unconstitutional and violates Texas drug laws criminalizing any amount of marijuana.

Paxton says that cities can't "pick and choose which state laws to follow." He's proposing a permanent injunction to stop Proposition R from going into effect.

"The City of Dallas has no authority to override Texas drug laws or prohibit the police from enforcing them," says Paxton in a statement. "This is a backdoor attempt to violate the Texas Constitution, and any city that tries to constrain police in this fashion will be met swiftly with a lawsuit by my office.”

Before the recent election, possession of two to four ounces of marijuana could result in a punishment of 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Ground Game Texas, the activist nonprofit that has also helped get marijuana decriminalization on the ballot in elections across Texas, first got the issue on the ballot in July with the necessary 50,000 signatures.

Dallas is not the only city to be sued; Paxton also filed lawsuits against five other cities in Austin, Denton, Elgin, Killeen, and San Marcos in January for their ballots and policies decriminalizing marijuana.

Both Austin and San Marcos had a judge overturn their cases, according to a FOX 4 report.

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