Gov. Greg Abbott will update Texans on Monday afternoon as to his plans to reopen the Texas economy sometime early next month. The governor’s decision to reopen the state comes as Texas has yet to flatten the COVID-19 curve or make serious headway into curbing the...
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COVID-19 cases among Texas inmates rise as Abbott wins court battle to restrict releases
The number of Texas inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 reached 294 on Thursday, according to the latest Texas Commission on Jail Standards data. The same data shows that 4,818 inmates are currently quarantined or isolated because they came in contact with...
More than 280,000 Texans filed unemployment claims this past week
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on the Texas economy. A new report released by the U.S. Labor Department found that 280,406 Texans filed unemployment claims since Saturday. According to the Texas Tribune which has been tallying the frequently released...
Texas Democrats launch ‘RegisterTexas.com,’ an online tool to help register voters
Texas Democrats this week launched a new online tool that will make it easier for voters to register. While voters can't literally register online like they can with their drivers license — Texas is one of 11 states that still does not offer online registration — by...
Texas is showing some promise in flattening the curve, it’s a sign the state should stay closed
Texas has not flattened the curve — far from it — but there are signs of improvement. On Tuesday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner reported no new COVID-19 deaths in the city for the second day in a row, the first time that’s happened in Houston since the outbreak...
‘There are more important things than living,’ says Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on reopening Texas
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick returned to Fox News on Monday to double down on comments he made last month on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Carlson reinvited Patrick to ask him if he felt “vindicated” for predicting the U.S. economy would suffer if businesses remained closed due...
Weekend wrapup: Oil prices hit 22-year low, Abbott pads task force with donors
Sunday saw oil prices plummet to a 22-year low as the pandemic-induced recession continues to take its toll. The West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark for oil prices, dropped to $11 in early Monday morning trading — its lowest point since 1998, when the Asian...
Abbott plans cautious reopening of Texas ahead of pandemic’s projected peak
Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders on Friday, planning for and scheduling the phased reopening of the Lone Star State amid the COVID-19 pandemic. One order allows for nonessential surgeries to continue as long those procedures don’t deplete personal...
Tea Party Republicans urge Abbott to loosen stay-at-home order
A little more than two weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide stay-at-home order, Tea Party-aligned state lawmakers are ready to reopen Texas. In a letter to the governor, members of the dwindling-in-number Texas Freedom Caucus said the “risk” of maintaining...
BREAKING: Texans can vote by mail during pandemic, court rules
In a major win for Texas Democrats and civil rights groups, a district court on Wednesday ruled that Texans could be allowed to vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, a voter in Texas must be 65 years or older, be disabled, or be out of the country...