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Mask mandate appears to be helping in Texas, but experts ask Gov. Greg Abbott not to rule out a shutdown
A plateauing of new virus cases would hardly represent a victory over the pandemic, but it would help keep hospitals from being overrun with sick patients.
As school reopenings falter, some Texas parents hire private teachers. Others can only afford to cross their fingers.
With the safe reopening of schools this fall in doubt, parents with the resources are setting up "learning pods" or seeking other options. But the do-it-yourself approach to education threatens to leave behind students of color and poorer families.
Undocumented immigrants behind on their rent are self-evicting across Texas
Without money to pay rent, facing pressures from landlords and afraid of courts, people without legal immigration status have limited options.
Sheriff, Leitha working together to prepare for new reign
Photo: Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer (right) visits with Larry Leitha (left) only hours after Leitha won the Republican nomination to become the new sheriff. By Hill Country Community Journal Staff, July 21, 2020 Less than 24 hours after Kerr County voters chose retired Texas Department of Safety Narcotics Special Agent Larry Leitha as the
Texas faces a looming $4.6 billion deficit, comptroller projects
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. By Cassandra Pollock at Texas Tribune, July 20, 2020 Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered bleak but unsurprising news Monday: Because of the economic fallout triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the amount of general revenue available for the state’s current two-year budget is projected to be roughly $11.5 billion less than
Former Florida congressman Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman
West defeated Dickey, who was running for a second full term, early Monday morning at a tumultuous virtual state convention.
With high-stakes election season looming, Texas GOP Chair James Dickey faces formidable opposition
With Texas Republicans months away from perhaps their most challenging election in years, the state party could see an abrupt change in leadership this week as it gathers online for its biennial convention.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says “there is no shutdown coming” as coronavirus cases surge
As the number of new coronavirus cases in Texas continues to rise and hospitals grow more crowded, Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday there is no statewide shutdown looming.
Distilleries, wineries shuttered by Gov. Greg Abbott’s bar shutdown say they should be exempted
The owners and patrons of Ironroot Republic Distillery in Denison hardly consider the business to be a bar in the traditional sense.
MJ Hegar claims victory over Royce West in Democratic runoff for U.S. Senate
MJ Hegar declared victory late Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate as unofficial results showed her leading Royce West by 4 percentage points.
Six things to watch in Texas’ primary runoff election
Polls open in July. Voters wearing masks and gloves. Texans will be voting in the middle of a pandemic on Tuesday in a runoff election originally scheduled for May.
Nearly 80 Texas counties have opted out of Gov. Greg Abbott’s mask order. Others refuse to enforce it.
When Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide executive order requiring Texans to wear masks in public, he gave counties the opportunity to opt out if they have a low number of active coronavirus cases.
