COVID-19

AUSTIN – In response to COVID-19, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is limiting public access to department facilities to protect the public and our employees, promote social distancing and do our part to stop the spread of COVID-19. Despite limited physical access to our buildings, DPS remains open …

SHERMAN, Texas – On March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared the outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) in the United States to be a national emergency. Unfortunately, criminals and scammers are trying to take advantage of the crisis for their own profit. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern …

Thursday, Mar 26 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed  % Deceased  % Serious Recovered Worldwide 500,498 4.133 22,317 3.85 13,637 113,506 The U.S. 74,573 9.03 1,079 4.35 915 619 Texas 1,396 12.81 18 6.66 0 0 Wednesday, Mar 25 – 12:00 pm Where Confirmed % Deceased % Serious Recovered Worldwide 438,667 …

These are challenging times for businesses all over the nation. The Texas Comptroller’s office knows that during periods of economic hardship, paying or remitting taxes and fees on time can feel like an extra burden when there’s so much uncertainty. We’re thankful for those businesses that can remit state and …

  Essential services – Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has received approval in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas for crucial employees and contractors to be able to continue to perform critical job functions to keep the lights on. We have also worked to make sure that equipment suppliers and support industries …

13,235 -Total Tests 1,758 – Public Labs 11,477 – Private Labs 974 – Cases Reported 12 -Deaths To see a county by county breakdown go here. 

The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which represents 13,000 workers throughout North Texas, has written a letter to Governor Abbott asking him to declare grocery store workers first responders. The union said the people who stock shelves and check out customers are essential workers. They work among the public …

An inexact and unofficial measure of how well Coronavirus restrictions may be working can be found in numbers from the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). The NTTA says traffic on all its toll roads was down 45 percent from the same week last year.

Texas A&M-Commerce has postponed its Spring Graduation Exercises to December. Those students who fulfilled the requirements for their degrees, however, will be able to receive their diplomas through the registrar’s office as soon as the college posts their grades. At this time, there are no plans on whether or not …

Nearly all the Democrats in the Texas House have signed a letter asking Governor Abbott to issue a state-wide shelter-in-place order. Their letter was signed by 65 of the 67 Texas House Democrats. Governor Abbot has resisted their call so far, saying he is relying on guidelines from the CDC.