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Texas Restaurant Association Urges Statewide Mandatory Mask Order
With a patchwork approach to masks emerging around the state, the Texas Restaurant Association on Friday urged implementation of a statewide order. The industry...
Opinion: Gov. Abbott Puts Himself Above the Law, and the Courts Let Him
The coronavirus pandemic has had and continues to have an extraordinary impact upon all of our lives. Beyond the suffering and death of too...
Voter Guide: Commonly Asked Voting Questions
Many of us will be voting for the first time this year and we know that you have questions! We asked our audience what...
13 University of Texas Football Players Test Positive for Coronavirus
Just four days after University of Texas at Austin began voluntary summer workouts for the football team, school officials confirmed 13 athletes have tested...
Beware of Bots Amid Election Year and Coronavirus Pandemic
The presidential election is less than six months away, and as the race to the Oval Office continues, campaign initiatives — especially political advertising...
Budget Cuts or Changing Policing Doesn’t Mean Ignoring Crime
New policing models, law enforcement defunding, and, even the elimination of police departments are now being discussed and demanded by people throughout the nation...
Supreme Court DACA Ruling Does Not End Fight in Texas
Reaction in Texas to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program appears...
Texas Schoolchildren to Return to Classroom in the Fall
Parents have been waiting and wondering how the 2020-21 school year will look in Texas. Will there be limits on class sizes? How will...
Texas Unemployment Ticks Up Again As State Reinstates Job Search Requirements
There were 93,895 new claims for unemployment in Texas last week, according to the Labor Department. That’s up from the previous week’s total of...
Polls Suggest Joe Biden Has a Shot at Winning Texas. How He Fares Here...
No matter how frequently it happens, it’s always a bit startling.
Ever since February 2019, polls have been coming out indicating that former Vice President...
