Texas’s Tax-Free Weekend May Disappoint Many
Sales tax numbers for Texas’ just-completed annual tax free weekend won’t be known until the end of the month, but preliminary indications are that...
Paxton Loses Price Gouging Suit Against Egg Producer
Cal-Maine Foods, the largest producer and distributor of eggs in the United States, announced Monday that a price gouging case filed against it by...
Hurricane Laura May Bring Power Outages to Parts of Texas, Louisiana
Hurricane Ike caused widespread power outages that lasted for weeks. With Hurricane Laura and its 140-plus mile per hour winds barreling toward the Texas...
COVID-19 Testing Firm Used by Texas Under Federal Scrutiny
A testing firm used by the state of Texas is under federal scrutiny for problems that call into question the accuracy of the company’s...
Texas Sees Lowest Number of Unemployment Claims Since Pandemic Began
First-time claims for Texas unemployment benefits totaled 33,757 last week, the fewest filings since the pandemic began. More than 3.7 million Texans have sought...
Texas Democrats have failed to pass voter access legislation for years. The pandemic may...
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It Could Take 9 Months for COVID Immunity in the U.S.
If you are wondering if the vaccine roll out across the globe means life will be normal soon, well not really.
Worldwide more than 159...
CDC’s Advisory Committee Approves Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine for kids 12-15
There’s good news for parents across the country who have been anxiously waiting for their tweens and teens to be able to be vaccinated.
On...
Texas Takes Silver Medal in COVID-19 Cases
In the infamous ranking of states with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, California leads with 3,965,396 cases, followed by Texas with 3,142,690 and...
A Federal Lawsuit Has Been Filed against Abbott for Risking Students with Disabilities
The first federal lawsuit against Abbott has been filed by advocacy group Disability Rights Texas, over claims that the governor’s executive order prohibiting mask...
