Advocates Say TEA Guidelines Are Bad for Texas Teachers
The Texas Education Agency’s new guidelines for students to return to school campuses gives parents options, but some advocates for Texas teachers say that...
2020 Stresses Plus Self-Medicating Can Be Deadly
Drug overdose deaths reached a record number last year in the U.S., rising 4.6%. And 2020 brings the stresses of COVID-19, unemployment, school closures,...
Texas School Districts Struggle to Hire Substitute Teachers
Across the country substitute teachers are in demand. The lack of substitute teachers that Texas school districts are experiencing, a problem that occurred last...
State Changes COVID-19 Reporting Method to Improve Accuracy
At one point in mid-August, the state was reporting a COVID-19 positivity rate of more than 24%. In reality, the percentage of tests coming...
McAllen Convention Center Designated as Overflow COVID-19 Treatment Facility
The McAllen Convention Center is being converted into a health care facility to help meet the area’s growing need for hospital capacity. The convention...
A&M to Mass-Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Texas A&M University has been picked to lead the mass production of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Novavax, Inc. as part of a...
Personal Services are Getting Creative to Stay in Business During Pandemic
While grocery stores and other essential businesses stay open but take health and safety precautions, other businesses have to get creative to make a...
Ways to Fuel Your Immune System — Not Just to Fight Off the Coronavirus
It won’t be long before the flu and the common cold meet to parlay with COVID-19. While health appears to be the main topic...
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn Suggests Trump Could’ve Struck a Better Balance in Discussing Early...
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn suggested Thursday that President Donald Trump could have better balanced his initial response to the coronavirus pandemic between trying to keep calm...
Gov. Abbott Defies Austin’s DPS Suspension, Increases State Trooper Presence
Last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced its decision to not only continue patrol operations in Austin, but to increase the...
