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Government Gets Creative to Sell the Public on Wearing Masks
Although critics say it isn’t enough, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and other governmental leaders have been trying to increase public awareness of the importance...
Rural Texas Has Different COVID-19 Experience Than Rest of State
While COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations surge in the state’s big cities, life is almost back to normal in more than 100 Texas counties.
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What is Life Like After COVID-19? Experts Explain.
Whether a patient recovers at home or needs care in an intensive care unit, COVID-19 may affect their future health — possibly in drastic...
SCOTUS Refuses to Lift Order Preventing Expanded Voting by Mail in Texas for July
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday refused to set aside a lower court ruling prohibiting all Texans from taking advantage of the vote-by-mail option...
Federally Supported COVID-19 Testing Sites In Texas to Stay Open
The federal government is granting Texas an extension to continue community-based testing at seven sites in Texas that had been slated for closure. Resources...
Early Voting in Texas Runoffs Starts Monday
You may have heard the saying “make a kit, have a plan” in connection with hurricane and flooding preparedness. The same is true as...
Harris County Goes to Highest COVID-19 Threat Level; Residents asked to Stay Home Again
Asking “when did we lose our respect for human life and the economy,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Friday elevated the county’s COVID-19...
Criminal Case Against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Moved
A Houston judge has ordered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s criminal case back to his home base of Collin County, according to the Houston...
Texas Women’s COO: Legislative Change Needed to Address Gender Inequities
In part two of our look at the economic hardships Texas women are facing, we posed four questions to Texas Women’s Foundation’s Chief Operating...
Gov. Abbott Closes Bars, Reduces Restaurant Capacity
Faced with a COVID-19 situation that is spiraling out of control, Gov. Greg Abbott Friday issued a new executive order closing bars to in-person...
