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Texan Bars closed as virus surges … Again.
Gillespie County among many other counties' bars will have to close and businesses now operating at 75% were ordered to scale back to 50% capacity beginning at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, County Judge Mark Stroeher announced after an order by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Very active weather patterns unfolding across Texas this late December
A double dose of upper level storm systems will track across Texas and the Hill Country through Thursday.
Trump signs stimulus bill granting most Americans $600 in pandemic aid
The president's decision to back down and sign the measure released $900 billion in stimulus funds into the economy that had been held up for nearly a week.
Trump suggests he won’t sign relief bill into law unless Congress makes changes including increasing stimulus checks to $2,000
The outgoing president described the groundbreaking legislation as “a disgrace” and suggested he would not immediately sign off on aid for millions of Americans.
Texas extends rental assistance program designed to avoid evictions until March 15
The move comes after Congress passed a stimulus bill Monday extending the federal moratorium on evictions through the end of January. The moratorium order was set to expire at the end of the year.
$600 relief checks could soon be on their way to many Americans
The bill will reinstate supplemental unemployment benefits of $300 per week, and extend eviction protections through the end of January. The legislation also allocates another $284 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program.
Governor Greg Abbott to receive COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 22
Abbott has stressed that the vaccine will not be required for Texans, and on Monday, he specifically said it will not be mandatory for the state's school children.
FDA approves Moderna vaccine, clearing way for Kerrville to receive it in coming days
With the Food and Drug Administration approving emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna on Friday it will be good news for Kerr County, according to Peterson Health’s top medical official
Texas casts its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump
Electors across the country were casting ballots Monday and are expected to deliver the 270 votes needed to award the election to former Vice President Joe Biden by the end of the day. Trump and many Texas Republicans have not yet acknowledged defeat.
COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Texas this week, giving weary health care workers hope after months of peril
From the Rio Grande Valley to the Texas Panhandle and from the Gulf Coast to West Texas, some 109 medical facilities are slated to receive the first allocation of 1.4 million doses earmarked for Texas.
Texas food banks may be less equipped to help hungry households in the new year
More than 2.5 million households in Texas didn't always have enough food to eat in November, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. About two-thirds of those households were either Hispanic or Black.
For Mexico, It’s Not The Drug Trade, But The Gun Trade Causing Cross-Border Tensions
Thousands of sniper rifles and other high-caliber guns have been smuggled from the United States to Mexico.
