Texas School Districts Resuming Virtual and In-Person Learning
Before Thanksgiving some school districts in Texas sent virtual learning materials home, just in case returning to the classroom for in-person learning wouldn’t happen...
UT-Austin Students Create Social Network For Seniors and Younger Adults
It’s easy to feel alone during this time of isolation and social distancing. Loneliness during the pandemic inspired UT-Austin students to create a new...
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...
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...
Dallas County Is About to Shelter in Place. Will Other Texas Counties Follow?
As of 11:59 p.m. Monday, Dallas County will be the first Texas county under a shelter-in-place order.
On Sunday evening, County Judge Clay Jenkins told...
Trump’s Extra $300 in Weekly Unemployment Aid Runs Out as More Texans Lose Jobs
This will be the last week unemployed Texans receive the extra $300 a week in benefits that began in August following an executive order...
McAllen Convention Center Designated as Overflow COVID-19 Treatment Facility
The McAllen Convention Center is being converted into a health care facility to help meet the area’s growing need for hospital capacity. The convention...
State to Connect Nursing Home Residents with Family During Pandemic
Texas nursing home residents may soon be Zooming with the rest of us.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is providing $3.6 million in...
Texas Coast Braces for Possible Category 3 Hurricane
More than 70 members with the Texas Army, Air National Guard, and Texas State Guard with the Texas Military Department have been activated and...
Advocates Say TEA Guidelines Are Bad for Texas Teachers
The Texas Education Agency’s new guidelines for students to return to school campuses gives parents options, but some advocates for Texas teachers say that...
