Abbott’s Relaxed COVID-19 Restrictions for Nursing Homes Now in Effect

Gov. Greg Abbott’s more relaxed policies for family visits at Texas nursing homes, assisted living centers and other long-term care facilities took effect Thursday.  Under...
State offers rapid testing

State Launches COVID-19 Rapid Testing in Some Texas Schools

Eight Texas school districts have been selected as the first in the state to participate in a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot project. The participating school...

Officials Knew Coronavirus Could Spread at the Houston Rodeo and Proceeded With the Event...

Days before the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kicked off, area politicians celebrated this great piece of Americana — dubbed the world’s largest livestock...

Ready! Set! Shop! It’s Tax Free Weekend in Texas.

In previous years, Texas’ annual tax-free weekend was great for school shopping.  This Friday-Sunday, as the sales tax holiday is in effect, Texas Comptroller Glenn...

Help On the Way for Families of Texas Kids Who Lost Free School Meals

Texas has received $1 billion to help the 3.6 million families of school children who have lost access to free or discounted school lunches...

Texans for Public Education Challenges TEA to Trust State’s Teachers

An advocacy group takes issue with the Texas Education Agency’s guidance for opening schools this fall — especially the in-person attendance requirement that is...

UT Police Will Be Backup, Not Enforcers, of COVID-19 Rules

As students and university employees prepare for an academic year like no other, the University of Texas at Austin has announced that enforcement of...

Fauci Says U.S. Can Reach COVID Endemic Level, Rather Than a Pandemic, Next Year

NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday it is "conceivable" the spread of COVID-19 could...

Facebook Group Puts Businesses on Blast for not Social Distancing

Have you been to a restaurant that had the tables too close together? Have you found a bar that is open in violation of...

What is Curbside Voting? Can I Use it During the Pandemic?

There has been a lot of discussion over the last couple of months about voting by mail, but there is another option that you...
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