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The Centers for Disease Control now says those who have come in contact with a known case should stay at home for ten days. It had been two weeks. With Governor Abbott’s COVID task force, Dr. John Carlo says there have been many examples in Texas of people waiting more …

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath is facing a lawsuit from Texas teachers. They claim Morath made rule changes that allow charter schools to hire uncertified teachers. The Texas State Teachers Association claims Morath rewrote rules for charters allowing them the final authority to hire, supervise, assign and evaluate …

The State will allocate an additional $118 million in federal funding to support higher education in Texas, including $93 million to help students continue or restart credential or degree programs. That’s in addition to $57 million that they allocated to offset potential cuts to state financial aid programs. This combined …

  The Department of State Health Services reported that Wednesday’s COVID-19 death toll hit a record 197, beating the previous daily high of 174 deaths set Friday. That brought the official coronavirus death toll in Texas to at least 4,348 total as of Wednesday. The state reported the number of …

(AP Photo/Ronald Zak) New research shows that face masks are having an impact on the spread of COVID-19. The study by the University of North Texas Health Science Center has found that the number of new COVID-19 cases has been stabilizing over the past few days, just as it has …

Texas’ case total rose from 341,739 to 351,940, an increase of 10,201. It is the first 10,000-plus increase since July 17. Texas has added more than 135,700 cases in the last two weeks, 63 percent, a Houston Chronicle analysis shows. Statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations on Tuesday rose to the highest level …

Schools across the state are delaying a return to campus this fall. Instead, kids will be learning online. But there is an expectation that, eventually, classrooms will reopen. Gerald Parker, who heads the pandemic policy program at Texas A&M, says districts need to get ready for that. Parker says it’s …

The City of Denton is warning residents of the dangers of people deliberately trying to infect themselves by attending “COVID-19 parties.” The City put out a tweet warning of the health and legal consequences for those participating or hosting such a party. The idea is to deliberately get the virus …

Video of a large-scale party at a property near Mabank in Van Zandt County is getting a lot of attention from authorities. You can see hundreds of dancing and partying people in a field during a trail ride and campout. Enforcement of social distancing didn’t appear, and only a few …