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Beaches and Parks Around Texas Close for Holiday Weekend Due to COVID-19
This is usually one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year for Galveston, but not this year.
Galveston County is closing its beaches starting...
What is it Like Going Through a Divorce During COVID-19
What is it like to be going through a divorce in the middle of a pandemic? For many, it’s about waiting.
“The pandemic that we...
Abbott Issues Mandatory Mask Order, Limits Gatherings to 10
In another move aimed at getting Texas’ COVID-19 situation under control, Gov. Greg Abbott Friday issued a new executive order requiring all Texans to...
Texas Unemployment Claims Trend Reverses Course
After falling in recent weeks, first-time Texas unemployment claims increased last week by 96,141, representing a 7.4% increase over the previous week. Since the...
Beto O’Rourke Fires Up his Grassroots Efforts in Texas
Although recent polling shows a clearly competitive political season ahead, Beto O’Rourke believes he can turn Texas blue in November.
Democrats would heartily agree, but...
Flattening Texas COVID-19 Curve Only Possible by Staying Home
Concerns about hospital capacity grow as Texas heads to the long holiday weekend. Residents are urged to do their part to slow the spread...
What Went Wrong in Texas? Who’s to Blame for COVID-19 Surge?
Texas keeps shattering records. Wednesday brought a new all-time high for new COVID-19 cases, 8,076, more than 2,000 cases higher than the day before....
Texas Group Gives $250,000 to Address Family Violence
The Texas Council on Family Violence’s 2020 Swalm Grants, totaling $250,000, are being awarded to 22 domestic violence agencies across Texas.
Individual grants range from...
Texas Sales Tax Revenues Still on the Decline
State sales tax revenues totaled $2.67 billion in June, a 6.5% drop from June 2019, according to information released by Comptroller Glenn Hegar Wednesday.
The...
Some Texas Schoolchildren Checked Out of Classwork During the Pandemic
More than 11% of Texas students didn’t complete assignments or respond to their teachers when contacted during the spring semester when schools were closed...
