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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...
New Study: Texas Women Face Economic Hardship
Today over 14 million women and girls call Texas home, and 50% of women and girls live in the state’s three largest cities —...
State Announces New Guidelines for Child Care Centers
To protect children in day care and the public, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released new emergency rules Thursday.
The new rules:
1) require...
National Spotlight on Texas as Base ICU Hospital Bed Capacity Reaches 100% in Places
Texas emerged as a COVID-19 hot spot this week. The state’s daily case count topped 5,000 for the first time on Tuesday and hit...
