Grappling With Budget Shortfalls, Texas Cities Prepare for Hard Choices
The economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic has left some of Texas’ biggest cities facing a difficult choice: cutting services like libraries, pools and...
Health Care Providers Have More Time to Apply for Relief Funds
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced Wednesday that eligible health care providers have more time to apply for...
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...
Food Stamp Recipients Will Soon Be Able to Get Groceries Delivered
Food stamp recipients can get their groceries delivered starting May 18. Walmart and Amazon are the first retailers to join the pilot program for...
COVID: Maybe We Should California Our Texas After All
“Don’t California my Texas” is a popular (and ridiculous) battle cry from conservatives, but when it comes to fighting COVID maybe we should start...
Two Texas Voters With COVID-19 Seek Court Order Allowing Them to Cast Mail-In Ballots
Seeking to vote in Tuesday’s primary runoff election, two Austin residents who recently tested positive for the new coronavirus asked a state district judge...
Texas Records First West Nile Virus Death of Year
A male senior citizen in Tarrant County is the first person to die from West Nile virus in Texas this year.
There is concern that...
Health Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure In Hays County
Health officials in Hays County have issued a public health alert following potential measles exposure in the area. A person who later tested positive...
How and Why Gov. Abbott Took Up the Cause of a Dallas Salon Owner
Without a playbook for managing a pandemic, Texas’ elected leaders have been forced to improvise on the fly.
Such was the situation for Gov. Greg...
NASA’s First Launch in Nearly 10 Years a Welcome Escape From Coronavirus News
Tomorrow, Americans will be able to look to the sky (or flip on a news channel) for a change in perspective, as a new...
