Texas is Heading Down a Dangerous Path, Local Leaders Warn as Coronavirus Cases and...
As Texas' coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to break records for a second straight week, leaders and health experts in the largest cities are...
Gov. Abbott Expands Hospital Capacity for COVID-19 Patients in Rio Grande Valley
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday suspended elective surgeries at hospitals in Cameron, Hidalgo, Nueces and Webb counties to help ensure hospital bed availability for...
Texas Public Utility Commission Extends Electricity Payment Assistance
The Texas Public Utility Commission has extended the state’s Electricity Relief Program through Aug. 31. The program, which was originally scheduled to end on...
Record Number of Texans Register to Vote, Cast Early Ballots
A record 16.4 million Texans are registered to vote in tomorrow’s primary runoff election, about 2.4 million more than four years ago. A little...
Ticks, Lyme Disease Could be More Prevalent This Year
If you’re heading out to enjoy the summer and early fall days or looking ahead to deer hunting season in Texas, keep this in...
COVID-19 has Teachers, Others Contemplate Writing Wills
The pandemic may have many people thinking about mortality — especially essential workers such as teachers. One way of coping with COVID-19-related anxieties is...
Texans Were in a Buying Mood Last Month
New sales tax numbers released by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today show Texans have been doing a lot of shopping.
State sales tax receipts for...
Tiny Texas Town First in State to Resume In-Person Classes
“We’ve been the only monkey in the zoo so far,” said Edna ISD superintendent Robert O'Connor.
Edna is a small town in Jackson County between...
State Lawmakers Call for Census Extension
State Rep. Garnet Coleman and the entire Texas House Legislative Study Group Caucus, which he chairs, are urging the Texas congressional delegation to join...
Texas Largest Police Union Says Gov. Abbott Has Abandoned State’s First Responders During COVID-19
The Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas asked Gov. Greg Abbott nicely in spring to declare COVID-19 as a presumptive illness that qualifies as...
