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Order Texans to stay home, or risk impeding the fight against COVID-19?

Ross Ramsey Texas Tribune
Updated Mar 24, 2020
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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.

To warn or not to warn; that is the question of day

Dave McNeely
Jan 11, 2020
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In these complex times, I stay confused!

With New Year comes saying goodbye to places

Mike Cox Texas Tales
Jan 11, 2020
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As New Year after New Year becomes last year and the year before, we begin to say goodbye more and more often. Those goodbyes are to friends and loved ones, things and places.

Paxton lauds 5th Circuit ruling against Affordable Care Act

Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
Jan 2, 2020
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AUSTIN — After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declared the individual mandate in “Obamacare” unconstitutional on Dec. 18, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed his agreement.

Analysis: A 2020 holiday fantasy for Texas officeholders looking to 2022

Ross Ramsey Texas Tribune
Jan 2, 2020
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Big election campaigns take years to mount. So some politicians aren’t thinking about the 2020 elections. They’re dreaming and planning for 2022.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS: Deadline to hit for disaster aid applications slated

Ed Sterling Texas Press Association
Dec 27, 2019
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AUSTIN — Texans applying for federal funds for housing repairs and reimbursements relating to Hurricane Harvey damages face an important deadline.

Analysis: When nobody is the best-known Texas candidate, an endorsement can be a big deal

Ross Ramsey Texas Tribune
Dec 27, 2019
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It is much easier to influence a political contest when the voters are unfamiliar with the candidates. That’s why the 11 candidates in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate were so upset that a national group tapped MJ Hegar as its favorite in the race.