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Stephen Young has written about Dallas news for the Observer since 2014. He's a Dallas native and a graduate of the University of North Texas.

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Texas Early Voting Starts in Less Than a Week. Here's What You Need to Know.

By Stephen Young
Jun 24, 2020

We are, as even Gov. Greg Abbott admitted this week, in the middle of pandemic. Across the state, cities, counties and hospitals are reporting record numbers of COVID-19 infections and patients. Municipal budgets and residents' wallets are under threat, as the Texas summer gets hotter and anti-police violence demonstrators march...
UTSW Researchers Predict 20% COVID-19 Hospitalization Spike Over Next Two Weeks

By Stephen Young
Jun 23, 2020

On Monday, Dallas County's COVID-19 picture got a little darker again. For the first time, the county's Health and Human Services unit announced more than 450 new infections, a more than 10% increase from Dallas County's previous record high. On Friday, Dallas County began requiring businesses to demand that their customers...
Here's Where the Initial Funding from Coronavirus Rental Assistance Program Went

By Stephen Young
Jun 23, 2020

Almost as soon as Dallas began taking applications for its COVID-19 rental assistance program, the $13.7 million allocated was already spent. About 10,000 residents made it through an initial screening in early May when the program went live, according to the city. About 1,500 received some help, and more than...
Abbott to Texas: Wear a Mask Or Else

By Stephen Young
Jun 22, 2020

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott really wants you to wear a mask. The governor isn't ordering Texans to do so, he said at a press conference Tuesday, he just thinks that they should. "COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas and it must be corralled," Abbott said. "We...
OK Chicago Tribune, Here Are 10 Better Names for the Rangers

By Stephen Young
Jun 22, 2020

Last week, as Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and Mrs. Butterworth saw their runs as racist caricatures and corporate mascots come to an end, calls began to ring out about a name closer to home. Chicago Tribune columnist and native Texan Steve Chapman started the drumbeat. It's time, Chapman said, for...

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