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  How Do Texas’ Coronavirus Numbers Compare to Other States?

  April 3 at 4 a.m.

  Like the rest of the country, Texas, the second-largest state both in population and land area, is in the midst of a public health crisis. In the state's largest counties, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus is rising drastically each day. Gov. Greg Abbott has shut down...

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  Texas’ Coronavirus Abortion Ban Back in Effect

  March 31 at 1:38 p.m.

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's coronavirus abortion ban is back in place thanks to an emergency stay from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The stay, according to the court, was issued so that it can give full consideration to an emergency appeal from the Texas attorney general. The ban...

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  Dallas Paid Sick Leave Blocked, Just in Time

  March 31 at 11:34 a.m.

  Until Monday night, Wednesday was going to mark a sea change in Dallas civic life. For the first time, Dallas workers were going to be guaranteed paid sick time — one hour for every 30 hours they worked. It's couldn't have come at a better time, either. Then the courts...

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  Meanwhile in Granbury: A Nurse Says She Was Fired for Wearing a Mask

  March 30 at 4 a.m.

  There's a crisis within the coronavirus crisis hitting hospitals and medical facilities around the country. Personal protective equipment — the gloves, masks and gowns needed to protect front-line healthcare workers — is in short supply in many U.S. hospitals. Private companies and nonprofits are pitching in, trying to get the...

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  Lockdown: Tarrant, Collin* Counties Order Residents to Shelter in Place

  March 24 at 11:20 a.m.

  Tarrant and Collin counties issued their own shelter-in-place orders Tuesday morning. Tarrant County's is lot like Dallas County's. Collin County's has a hole in it big enough to drive a truck through. Dallas and Tarrant counties' orders require residents to stay home unless they are working at an essential business.

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  Expert Says Grocery Shortages Easing Already (Except for You Know What)

  March 24 at 4 a.m.

  According to one expert, the grocery store shortages in produce and frozen food are easing already. Canned goods are coming back, but we may just have to learn to live without toilet paper. OK, he didn’t say the last thing. That’s just me trying to sell newspapers. But he did...