RA Staff
Two Texas Meat Packing Plants Have Coronavirus Outbreaks
The steak stakes are high in Texas.
Initial impacts of the novel coronavirus on Texas’ meat industry had been on the supply side, where suppliers...
1.3 Million Texans Are Unemployed
Another 280,406 Texans filed for unemployment last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The new claims bring the total number of those...
Food Banks Work to Feed Hungry Texans
Families and individuals who have never been in need of food are now. If you are without a paycheck because of the coronavirus pandemic...
Texas Leaders’ New Order Prohibits Local Governments from Closing Places of Worship During Pandemic
Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have put out a new directive for religious observances during COVID-19 that supersedes any stricter...
San Antonio Hospital May Have a Solution to the Mask Shortage
As the United States now leads the world in the total number of COVID-19 diagnoses, masks and other protective medical equipment for health care...
Non-essential Medical Procedures Resume in Texas
The wait is over for Texans whose medical procedures or elective surgeries had been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Effective today, Gov. Greg Abbott...
Harris County the Latest to Require Masks for Everyone
Harris County has now joined other major Texas cities in requiring everyone to wear a mask while out in public. Judge Lina Hidalgo’s executive...
Pandemic Sets Trends for Shopping, Beauty, Fashion
Texans and others have shifted from rushing to stores to get toiletries, cleaning products, pasta and hand sanitizer to scrambling for other supplies. Beauty...
Texas Oil Regulators Again Delay Decision on Production Cuts
Meeting a day after the price of oil plunged into negative territory for the first time in the industry’s history, the Texas Railroad Commission...
Abbott Says Texans Want to Return to Work
Gov. Greg Abbott said he will issue a new executive order Monday that will announce detailed next steps for reopening Texas’ economy. Abbott said...