Texas unemployment rate headed toward double digits, comptroller warns
Texas reported a record low unemployment rate of 3.5% in January. The historic high was 9.2% in 1986. Full Story
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Analysis: Coronavirus, family, economics and false choices
The threat to the economy is important, but it's also secondary. The worst of the new coronavirus has not yet been visited upon us. Full Story
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Grocery workers are risking their health during the pandemic to keep stores open. They want better pay and protections.
Union members are advocating for government benefits like priority child care and better access to testing. Workers also want hazard pay and expanded sick leave policies. Full Story
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/24: Quarantine ending for cruise ship evacuees at Lackland Air Force Base
Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates. Full Story
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Rural Texas hospitals should be staffing up to face coronavirus. Many can't afford to.
Public health precautions undertaken to slow the spread of COVID-19, such as the cancellation of more lucrative elective surgeries, will hit rural hospitals especially hard, administrators say. Full Story
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/23: No room for tourists in Jeff Davis County
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No abortions in Texas unless the mother's life is in danger, Texas attorney general says as coronavirus spreads
The warning comes one day after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered health care facilities and professionals to postpone all procedures that are deemed “not medically necessary” as the state gears up for an influx of patients with COVID-19. Full Story
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How to help — and find help — as the coronavirus surges in Texas during the holiday season
Food banks and nonprofits are providing free meals, internet access and housing assistance. As they face an increase in demand during another coronavirus surge, the organizations are also asking for help. Full Story
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Analysis: Order Texans to stay home, or risk impeding the fight against COVID-19?
Health experts and local leaders want stricter state orders to keep Texans at home, but for now, Gov. Greg Abbott is leaving the decisions on "shelter-in-place" to local officials. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott resists calls for statewide shelter-in-place; moves to expand hospital capacity
Abbott said he would applaud some local authorities for issuing such an order, while he would remain flexible on strategies as the new coronavirus continues to spread. Full Story
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/22: Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas has 566 cases; state's number of deaths at 7
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Dallas County bans elective medical procedures to focus resources on climbing coronavirus cases
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins' order, which runs through April 3, came the same day Gov. Greg Abbott sought to increase the state's number of practicing nurses. Full Story
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Four COVID-19 cases reported at North Texas facility for people with disabilities
Three of the residents are in their 60s and another is in their 50s, officials said, and all have been hospitalized. Full Story
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/21: At least 325 cases reported in state; Gov. Greg Abbott moves to bolster number of practicing nurses
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"Unsupported and ignored": Texans stuck in Peru say their government abandoned them
Texans marooned there after the country closed its borders described a harrowing ordeal trying to find a plane ticket out. The U.S. government is trying to repatriate them. Full Story
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Patients face canceled appointments and delayed surgeries as doctors respond to coronavirus. They're worried about the wait.
On Friday, several major health care providers announced they would postpone elective surgeries and other non-urgent procedures and appointments. Full Story
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Small businesses in Texas can apply for emergency federal loans to help ride out coronavirus pandemic, Abbott announces
Texans can apply online to see if they qualify for a long-term, low-interest loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Full Story
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Texas restaurants are asking for tax relief from the state. But officials say they need those revenues during the pandemic.
Restaurant owners say that delaying sales tax payments could help them ride out the pandemic. State officials, however, say that those revenues help keep hospitals and emergency services running. Full Story
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![Caffe Medici, one of Austin's Oldest coffee shops, was forced to permanantly close one of its five locations and layoff 27 employees as the business attempts to stay afloat in the wake of the global economic crash from the COVID-19. March 19, 2020.]()
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Coronavirus in Texas 3/20: More than 5,000 tests given, 212 test positive
Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates. Full Story
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Coronavirus testing ramps up in Texas, but more is needed
Experts said the state’s testing capability wasn’t where it needed to be to measure how effective efforts to contain the virus have been or where the outbreak is on its trajectory toward peaking. Full Story
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