RA Staff
Local Governments to Get $41 Million in Federal Emergency COVID-19 Funding
Texas cities and counties will receive $41 million in federal funds to help with their COVID-19 responses. The funds come from the Coronavirus Emergency...
Texas Prepaid Tuition Program Enrollment Deadline Approaches
Texas families have until July 31 to enroll their newborns in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund® and pay this academic year's rates for all...
Texas Roads Less Crowded, but No Less Dangerous
Surprisingly, lighter traffic due to people being home more during the pandemic doesn’t mean the roads are safer.
While crash data shows a drop in...
Texas GOP Wins Right to Hold In-Person Convention
The Republican Party of Texas won the right to hold an in-person convention at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center this weekend or next...
Diabetics Face Additional COVID-19 Challenges
Diabetes is a quiet disease that results in high blood sugar levels, and this year, patients met a new set of challenges from the...
Paxton: Religious Schools Free to Open When They Choose
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday issued guidance exempting religious private schools in Texas from any local health orders delaying the start of school due...
TEA Reverses Course, Allows Up to 8 Weeks of Online Instruction in the Fall
The Texas Education Agency has revised its earlier guidance and is now allowing school districts to delay the return to face-to-face instruction for up...
Ways to Beat the Texas Heat
In normal times, we might have gone to air-conditioned theatres, crowded tourist attractions or other fun places to cool off, but because of the...
Texas GOP Convention Delegates Concerned About Failed Process
Beset by technical difficulties, the Republican Party of Texas is canceling all of today’s sessions for the party’s virtual state convention. As a result...
Texas Democrats Already Working to Defeat Abbott
The 2022 election is two years away, but that isn’t stopping Democrats from getting a head start. In an announcement that has all the...