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For Texas Students, What’s Gym Class Like Without the Gym?
While a five-year-old could trace over numbers or letters on a worksheet and hold up their work to present it to their virtual class...
Abbott: Laura Will be Unsurvivable for Parts of Texas; Get Out Now
At a noontime media briefing Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said people living in Hurricane Laura’s path have only about five more hours to evacuate...
TABC Eases Rules to Allow More Texas Bars to Reopen as Restaurants
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has voted to ease restrictions that have prevented more Texas bars from being reclassified as restaurants and allowed to...
Women’s Preventive Health Care May Be Cut as State Balances COVID-19 Shortfalls
Advocates call for public discussion and input about proposed cuts to health care programs for Texas women. State agencies have been directed to cut...
Laura Expected to be Fast-Moving Hurricane With High Winds
With Laura expected to make landfall as a possible Category 3 Hurricane in southeast Texas sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott...
Watch Out for Card Skimmers at Texas Gas Stations
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is warning Texans of possible credit card fraud perpetrated as they buy gasoline at the pump.
Card skimmers...
What Food Do I Need to be Prepared for the Hurricane
Ways to prepare for a hurricane may be common knowledge for coastal Texans who’ve weathered a storm or two, but in case you are...
Abbott: State COVID-19 Data Problems Have Been Fixed
A mess. Incomplete. Faulty. Not to be trusted. Those are the descriptions of Texas COVID-19 data in recent weeks.
The state’s positivity rate, the percentage...
Texas Parents Opting for At-Home Learning Over the Classroom
Virtual learning has begun for some school districts in Texas, so RA News asked readers in a poll about whether they were sending their...
UT Students, Teachers Want Changes to In-person Classes
In the week leading up to classes resuming at the University of Texas at Austin, students and teachers have been pleading for the University...