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...
Texas COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations Hit New Records but No Slowing of Reopening
Texas broke two COVID-19 tracking records this week. On Thursday, the state saw its largest single-day increase in positive cases, 2,504, breaking the previous...
Children Still Need Regular Checkups and Vaccinations
Children whose birthdays were this past spring may have had a delay in scheduling check-ups with their pediatricians because of the pandemic, but vaccinations...
Trump Acceptance Speech Goes to Florida, Not Texas
The National Republican Party has picked Jacksonville, Fla. as the site for the biggest night of its convention later this summer. Dallas had been...
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...
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Texas Moves Closer to Business as Usual
The next phase of Gov. Greg Abbott’s reopening of the Texas economy takes effect Friday, when restaurants will be allowed to increase occupancy to...
Texas Runs Risk of Census Undercount, Which Would Hurt
The year 2020 will be one to remember given the pandemic, the economic downturn, and protests for justice and police reform. It’s also a...
Will STAAR Be Canceled for the 2020-21 School Year?
The spring portion of the 2020 school year went online amid the pandemic, and classes became digital. Some worry that this created a learning...
Unemployment Claims Falling, but Still at Record Highs
The number of Texans filing first-time unemployment claims totaled 89,736 last week, down from 106,820 the week before and significantly lower than in the...
Historical Reasons for Racism in Texas Policing
As anger and protests continue on the heels of Houstonian George Floyd's killing while in custody of Minneapolis police, it’s worth noting that Texas...
