How Much Will Have to be Cut From the State Budget in 2021?
Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen has suggested budget cuts of 5 percent to offset anticipated revenue losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Two Texas Meat Packing Plants Have Coronavirus Outbreaks
The steak stakes are high in Texas.
Initial impacts of the novel coronavirus on Texas’ meat industry had been on the supply side, where suppliers...
1.3 Million Texans Are Unemployed
Another 280,406 Texans filed for unemployment last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The new claims bring the total number of those...
Pro- and Anti-vaccination Groups Prepare for Battle Over Coronavirus Vaccine
A vaccine for coronavirus is likely still more than a year away, but it’s on the minds of Texans right now.
On both sides of...
Food Banks Work to Feed Hungry Texans
Families and individuals who have never been in need of food are now. If you are without a paycheck because of the coronavirus pandemic...
Texas Leaders’ New Order Prohibits Local Governments from Closing Places of Worship During Pandemic
Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have put out a new directive for religious observances during COVID-19 that supersedes any stricter...
San Antonio Hospital May Have a Solution to the Mask Shortage
As the United States now leads the world in the total number of COVID-19 diagnoses, masks and other protective medical equipment for health care...
Non-essential Medical Procedures Resume in Texas
The wait is over for Texans whose medical procedures or elective surgeries had been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Effective today, Gov. Greg Abbott...
COVID-19 Has Cost Baseball, Basketball Teams in Texas. And What About Football?
As the world continues responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and as people avoid large gatherings, Texas sports teams are not playing. It has already...
Harris County the Latest to Require Masks for Everyone
Harris County has now joined other major Texas cities in requiring everyone to wear a mask while out in public. Judge Lina Hidalgo’s executive...
