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Across Texas and the Nation, the Novel Coronavirus Is Deadlier for People of Color
Texas’ southernmost county, Cameron, is home to just 1.5% of the state’s population, but it accounts for nearly 5% of its known COVID-19 fatalities.
Cameron...
Small Businesses Hanging on Creatively as Pandemic Continues
The world and nearly everything in it looks drastically different now —how we work, where we work, where we can travel, where we get...
Texas Republicans Take Sharp Turn to the Right With New Chair
The pandemic has sharpened the divide between Texas Republicans and Democrats as the two sides spar over policies on wearing masks, shutdown orders and...
Texas Has Urgent Need for Plasma Donations to Help COVID-19 Patients
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and are fully recovered, you can help those who are still fighting for their lives.
Across the nation,...
Howard, Other Texas Lawmakers Try Again to End Tampon Tax
Texas has a tax on menstrual products. The passion to end the sales tax on women’s menstrual products has been seen in previous state...
What’s Really Happening with Texas School Start Dates Despite Confusing Messages
The last 48 hours have been nothing but confusing when it comes to school start dates and funding. What has remained constant throughout the...
Texas Unemployment Tops 3 Million
The number of first-time claims for unemployment assistance in Texas topped three million last week. Just over 76,100 Texans filed unemployment claims in the...
Young People Are Infecting Older Family Members With Coronavirus in Multigenerational Homes
As the death toll escalates in coronavirus hot spots, evidence is growing that young people who work outside the home, or who surged into bars and restaurants when...
2020 Stresses Plus Self-Medicating Can Be Deadly
Drug overdose deaths reached a record number last year in the U.S., rising 4.6%. And 2020 brings the stresses of COVID-19, unemployment, school closures,...
Chinese Wind Farm in Texas May Threaten National Security, Environment
The tense trade duel between the world’s two superpower economies is being felt everywhere. The United States was the latest to move a pawn...
