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Texas reported 4,548 new COVID-19 cases and 173 deaths on Wednesday.

Texas reported 5,867 new COVID-19 cases and 133 deaths.

Texas reported 4,710 Covid-19 cases and 106 Covid deaths.

Surrounded by a crowd of dozens of supporters, Benjamin Spencer walked out of the Dallas County Jail Thursday, his first time out of police custody in more than three decades. A judge ruled spencer should be released on a personal recognizance bond just a couple of hours before the Dallas …

Texas reported 2,729 new COVID-19 cases and 56 recent deaths Sunday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Travis County and Austin officials to force them to rescind their local mask orders, he announced Thursday. “I told Travis County & The City of Austin to comply with state mask law,” Paxton tweeted. “They blew me off. So, once again, I’m dragging …

Texas reported 6,185 new COVID-19 cases and 212 deaths.

Texas reported 5,350 new Covid-19 cases and 202 Covid deaths Wednesday.

On Tuesday, two Texas lawmakers filed legislation backed by Las Vegas Sands’ gaming empire that would legalize casino gambling in Texas. Rep. John Kuempel R-Seguin, in the House, and Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, in the Senate filed the legislation. The proposals would create special casino licenses for four “destination resorts” …

At the end of the statewide mask mandate and most occupancy restrictions in the state, Johns Hopkins University reports the number of cases of the virus in Texas is again climbing. The Johns Hopkins data show the two-week rolling average of new COVID in the state is up by 500.3 …