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Texas will extend time that schools will be allowed to stay online-only, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. By Aliyaa Swaby and Patrick Svitek at Texas Tribune , July 14, 2020 Texas will give school districts more flexibility to keep their school buildings closed to in-person instruction this fall as coronavirus cases continue to rise, Gov. Greg Abbott told a Houston television station Tuesday. Public health guidance released […]
Texas hospitals are running out of drugs, beds, ventilators and even staff
Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr. By Edgar Walters, Shannon Najmabadi, and Emma Platoff at Texas Tribune, July 14, 2020 A coronavirus patient in Anahuac was flown by helicopter to a hospital in El Campo — 120 miles away — because closer facilities could not take him. Ambulances are waiting up to 10 hours to deliver […]
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.
Texas parents face a frightening lack of information on coronavirus risks in child care centers
With reported coronavirus cases in Texas child care facilities rising quickly, parents face terrifying uncertainty as they try to decide whether to entrust their children to child care centers.
After losing big on Super Tuesday, Texas progressives hope to salvage some victories in July
By Alex Samuels, July 9, 2020; Patrick Svitek contributed to this report. Judging from March, the ideological left wing of the Democratic Party in Texas should be inconsolable. After months of high hopes, the faction ran into a centrist buzz saw in the March 3 primary. Joe Biden practically locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, […]
Austin’s homeless residents consider Abbott’s camp helpful but say his tweets still stigmatize them
Homeless Austin residents say life at the shelter in the southeast Austin neighborhood of Montopolis is an improvement for them — but still an incomplete solution to life without steady shelter. Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune As the governor latches on to violent incidents to criticize Austin city leaders, people experiencing homelessness say he’s painting them with […]
Analysis: In 2020’s Texas legislative elections, competition is tricky business
Special interest groups and their lobbyists don't like to campaign against incumbent legislators, for fear they'll suffer if those incumbents return for another session. That "friendly incumbent" policy has spread to lawmakers themselves.
Analysis: Fort Bend’s special election was just the first battle of the 2020 war between Texas Democrats and Republicans
The Republican elation and Democratic misery over this week's special election in Fort Bend County is just the first wave of the 2020 election year. They have dozens of battles ahead of them.
Texas officials say all four suspected coronavirus cases tested negative
Health officials said Monday that there were no confirmed cases in the state.
Republican Gary Gates handily beats Democrat Eliz Markowitz in Texas House District 28 runoff
Gary Gates greets the crowd during his election night watch party at Gallery Furniture in Richmond on Tuesday. Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune Democrats had hoped the race would build momentum for their push to take control of the Texas House in November. The Houston-area contest garnered national attention and overshadowed two other special election […]
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to proceed with immigration rules
The rules establish new criteria for who can be considered to be dependent on the U.S. government for benefits and thus ineligible for green cards and a path to U.S. citizenship.
