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COVID-19 Lays Bare Texas’ Health Care Disparities
As the country reels and responds to the life-threatening COVID-19, the national emergency has woefully exposed the disparity in America’s market-driven health care system,...
Coronavirus by the Numbers in Texas
In Texas, over 360 people have died, over 150,000 tests for coronavirus have been administered and just under 15,500 people have been tested positive...
Texas Unemployment Claims Top 1 Million
More than a million Texans have filed for unemployment in the last four weeks. Nationwide, jobless claims total approximately 22 million, surpassing the record...
Texas Dems Win First Round in Case to Expand Voting by Mail
Texas State District Court Judge Tim Sulak on Wednesday said he would grant a temporary injunction allowing for the expansion of voting by mail...
Texas Startup Offers At-Home COVID-19 Testing
Imaware, based in Houston, is among the first companies to receive federal approval to distribute COVID-19 test kits to people at home.
Although imaware’s tests...
Texas Railroad Commission Hearing Ends Without Decision on Oil Production Cuts
The Texas Railroad Commission, the agency charged with regulating the state’s oil and gas industry, has punted on any decision to cut oil production...
Joe Straus: What Texas Needs to Do Differently to Move Past Pandemic
The old Texas way isn’t the path Joe Straus is envisioning as the road to the new world that will follow the coronavirus pandemic....
With Events Uncertain, High School Seniors Face Disappointments, Alternative Celebrations
Prom? Graduation ceremonies or parties? Reschedule, cancel or reimagine? Uncertainty is in the air when it comes to celebrating the hard work and accomplishments...
Texas DPS Hunts for Coronavirus Along the Louisiana Border
Although not revealing all the places they are stationed, the Texas Department of Public Safety is flexing its muscle along the Texas and Louisiana...
Texas Prison System Refuses Transfers from County Jails
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stopped accepting prisoners from county lockups.
“Correctional systems across the country find themselves in a similar situation in...
