Tag: Coronavirus
As Abbott plans to reopen Texas, poll shows voters want businesses closed
Gov. Greg Abbott will update Texans on Monday afternoon as to his plans to reopen the Texas economy sometime early next month. ...How congressional campaigns are dealing with COVID-19
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the nation and the world, congressional races go on. Democrats flip two House seats in Texas ...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 ...Trump: During a pandemic, let’s defund the World Health Organization
In his Tuesday press briefing, President Trump suggested a potential hold on the United States’s funding for the World Health Organization, blaming ...Texas economy reels from COVID-19, oil price war
On Tuesday, State Comptroller Glenn Hegar said that Texas is already in a recession. “I know that we are unfortunately in a ...All masks are not created equal.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently recommended people should start wearing masks to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19 through airborne spread. ...Cornyn dangerously says national shelter-in-place order would be an ‘overreaction’
In an interview with The Hill on Saturday, Sen. John Cornyn said a national shelter-in-place order would be an “overreaction” in combating ...Abbott says Texas has 8,700 ventilators, declines to say how many are needed
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state of Texas has 8,700 available ventilators. When asked by reporters the number of ventilators ...Lawmakers pen letter to FEMA urging more COVID-19 testing in Harris County
*An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the letter was addressed to Vice President Mike Pence, not FEMA. Three Democratic members ...Texas can’t go back to normal
Texas, this is where we’ve found ourselves. Shut into our homes, only leaving for food or fresh air. Standing six feet from ...Texas AFL-CIO: Abbott hasn’t classified grocery store workers as ‘essential employees’
In a press conference by Texas Democrats and Texas AFL-CIO on Tuesday, both groups tore into Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus pandemic response, ...It’s still too early to tell if Abbott’s pandemic response is working
Republican leaders, from President Trump to Sen. John Cornyn, have been heaping praise onto Gov. Greg Abbott’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. ...