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Texas

Texans React To Gov. Abbott’s Lifting Of COVID-19 Restrictions

Rachel Osier Lindley, KERA

Posted on March 3, 2021 · City leaders, business owners, school districts, teachers and parents respond to Gov. Abbott's lifting of the statewide mask mandate and business capacity limits.

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Energy & Environment

Texas Agency Bans Utility Cutoffs For Failure To Pay

Dominic Anthony Walsh, TPR

Posted on February 22, 2021 · The Public Utility Commission of Texas has implemented a ban on utility cutoffs for consumers who don’t pay their bills. The move does not apply to cooperatives or to municipality-owned utilities like CPS in San Antonio or Austin Energy.

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Politics

A Beginner’s Guide To The Texas Legislature

Ben Philpott, KUT

Posted on January 11, 2021 · Do you have questions about how the 87th legislative session will work? Our Texas Newsroom partners at KUT in Austin have answers.

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Coronavirus

First Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Begin To Arrive In Texas

The Texas Newsroom

Posted on December 14, 2020 · All across Texas on Monday hospitals began to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

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Election 2020

The National Guard May Come To Some Texas Cities Ahead Of Election Day — Including Houston

Carson Frame, TPR

Posted on October 26, 2020 · The San Antonio Express-News reports that troops could be sent to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio as early as this weekend.

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Texas

How Gov. Greg Abbott Made Austin’s Police Budget Cuts A Top Campaign Issue For Candidates Running In November

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune / Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 10, 2020 · The Republican governor isn't on the November ballot. But he has come out hard against efforts to shift city money away from policing, echoing a national debate on policing and crime during a tumultuous election season.

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Hurricane Laura

Austin To Shelter Hurricane Laura Evacuees In Convention Center As Set-Aside Hotel Rooms Fill Up

Marisa Charpentier, KUT

Posted on August 26, 2020 · The shelter should open either Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.

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Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott, Other Texas Leaders Want To Freeze Property Tax Revenues For Cities That Cut Police Budgets

Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune / Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 18, 2020 · The state's three top elected leaders also fiercely criticized the Austin officials who cut one-third of their police department's budget last week.

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Health & Science

Texas Hospitals Head Towards Full Capacity Due To COVID-19 Uptick

Sara Willa Ernst

Posted on July 16, 2020 · Hospitals in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley are struggling to keep up with the constant and growing flow of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

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Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott Points To ‘Abundant’ Hospital Capacity As Texas Continues With Business Reopenings

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 16, 2020 · The state reported Tuesday that the number of people hospitalized who are confirmed to have the coronavirus has reached a new peak of 2,518.

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Texas

Austin City Council Votes To Divest Funds From APD, Ban Some Potentially Deadly Police Practices

Audrey Mcglinchy KUT

Posted on June 12, 2020 · The vote came one day after Houston City Council voted to increase funding as part of the city's new $5.1 billion budget.

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Coronavirus

New Federal Data Confirms Which Texas Nursing Homes Have COVID-19 Outbreaks

Samuel King, KUT

Posted on June 5, 2020 · The data includes specifics on which facilities have cases — information that both Texas and Austin officials had previously refused to release, citing privacy laws.

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City of Houston

Does Your Houston City Council Member Support Paid Sick Leave? We Asked

Jen Rice

Posted on March 16, 2020 · Here's how city council members did or did not respond to requests for comment on paid sick leave.

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Texas

State Sen. Kirk Watson Retiring From Texas Senate, Heading To UH

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on February 18, 2020 · Watson has represented Austin in the Texas Senate since 2007.

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Press

The Texas Newsroom Announces Full Editorial Staff

HPM Staff

Posted on February 14, 2020 · With the addition of two new editors, The Texas Newsroom plans for innovative, robust election coverage

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