Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID claim denounced as racist
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for…
Continue ReadingBy ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for…
Continue ReadingTYLER, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that it…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas school districts must now notify teachers, staff and students’ families of positive Covid-19 cases in classrooms or…
Continue ReadingBy Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a…
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN American Airlines says it will not serve alcohol in the main cabin of its flights until January 18, 2022,…
Continue ReadingFABENS, Texas — It’s one of the smallest districts in the county, but the Fabens Independent School District has big plans for its students. FISD…
Continue ReadingCNN’s Rosa Flores takes a closer look at incidents erupting across the county as the argument over wearing masks…
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN The latest surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations this summer is having a deepening effect in Texas, a state that has seen its…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a Texas law outlawing a commonly used…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may soon be fighting a war on two fronts — with local officials and the federal government — to stave…
Continue ReadingPARIS, Texas — A Texas school district is amending its dress code to require masks in hopes of sidestepping Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health and the City Attorney’s Office held a media briefing Wednesday afternoon on the local…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) El Paso hosted a virtual town hall on Wednesday to address vaccine safety,…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A judge blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order forbidding mask mandates late Tuesday night, clearing the way for a new…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: EPISD’s board, with only one nay, voted 6-1 Tuesday night to impose a mask mandate for all teachers, staff and students in school facilities,…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: SISD’s board voted unanimously Tuesday night to follow the El Paso Health Authority’s mask mandate for schools, which was set to take effect…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a staunch opponent of mask mandates, is infected with a “breakthrough” case of Covid-19, the governor’s…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Democrats who refuse to show up to the state Capitol to prevent Republican lawmakers from passing a voting…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, Aug. 17: The Wichita Falls Times Record News reported that a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy was shot during a traffic stop involving the…
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Ray Sanchez, CNN Five mortuary trailers have been requested by the health services department in Texas, which is seeing a surge in…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of El Paso’s top infectious disease experts said he does not believe El Paso hospitals will be overwhelmed with Covid-19…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: El Paso City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza told City Council he planned to impose a mask mandate, requiring that face coverings…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican…
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Texas man is dead and another person was injured after a double-decker party boat capsized in bad weather…
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Murray, CNN An argument between two people at a bar in San Antonio, Texas, ended in a mass shooting early Sunday, with three people killed…
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Are the supply and demand fundamentals that have governed oil markets for decades coming unstuck? In normal times, a…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor went 4 of 4 for 40 yards in his lone series and rookie quarterback Davis…
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in San Antonio say an officer was wounded and a man killed in a shooting that also involved a second officer. Police…
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