Racism Strikes During Pandemic and What Elected Officials Can Learn

Texas is rich with diversity and pride, but the coronavirus pandemic has both heightened the power of togetherness and has revealed racism. This is such...

Texas Railroad Commission Abandons Proposal to Cut Oil Production

The decision on whether Texas oil and gas regulators would order production cuts was cut from the Texas Railroad Commission’s meeting on Tuesday. The...

Texas Hospitals Cautiously Resuming Nonurgent Procedures

Texas medical facilities are carefully resuming cancer treatments, nonurgent surgeries and other procedures that had been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Texas medical facilities...

Texas’ Contact Tracing Army Still not at Full Strength, but More Coming

As Texas prepares to move to phase two of reopening the economy and looser COVID-19 safety restrictions, the state still doesn’t have the 4,000...

Texans no Longer Social Distancing

Texans were doing a pretty good job of staying home early on in the pandemic, but no more.  A new study gives every major metropolitan...

Gov. Abbott Announces Phase III of State’s Reopening Plan

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the next round of openings in his plan to relax pandemic restrictions and reopen the Texas economy. The new...

Three Texas Counties Declare Themselves 100% Open, but Are They Really?

Commissioners in Hood, Eastland and Stephens counties have voted to declare their counties 100% essential and sanctuaries for all businesses. While it sounds like...

As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Gov. Abbott Pauses Texas Reopening

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surging, Gov. Greg Abbott has announced he is pausing any further reopening of the Texas economy. Businesses that are...

As Coronavirus Cases Surged, Texas’ Contact Tracing Workforce Shrunk

As Texas becomes a national hot spot for the new coronavirus, the state is still falling short on the governor’s months-old goal to employ up to...

TEA Releases Guidelines for 2020-2021 School Year

The Texas Education Agency announced Tuesday its guidelines for students to have a safe return to school — news every parent has been waiting...
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