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A 33-year-old woman was gunned down Friday night while soliciting money at the gas pumps a Garland Walmart on I-30. Witnesses got the license number of the suspect’s car as it drove away, and authorities later arrested 28-year-old Aaron Haas at a house in Rockwall for murder. They identified the …

Dr. Maria Elene Bottazzi (left) and Dr. Peter Hotez work with a colleague in the lab. The Texas Children’s Center of Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine says they had been working on a coronavirus vaccine for years, but stopped in 2016 due to lack of interest then the …

The Texas Workforce Commission and state lawmakers are beginning discussions about when the state should require the unemployed to start looking for work again. Economists say the move is necessary to open up the economy. The TWC says they do not have a date set for reinstating the work search …

Senator John Cornyn met with several central Texas Chambers of Commerce to discuss SBA loans. Cornyn says, as the Senate comes back into session today, it will be considering phase four of coronavirus funding. Cornyn says Texas small businesses have been well-served by the original Paycheck Protection Program, receiving 135-thousand …

Total Tests 513,978 Public Labs 17,086 Private Labs 496,892 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,626 Cases Reported 38,869 Fatalities 1,088 Patients Recovered *Estimated* 21,022 Active Cases 16,759

Austin Public Health says some other jurisdictions have reported 2-to-3-percent of coronavirus patients testing positive for the disease a second time. Health authority Dr. Mark Escott says it’s still very unclear just how immune the average person becomes once they finally recover. He says he does fully expect to see …

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers is pushing for significant changes to the way we run elections. More than three dozen members of the statehouse signed on to the letter, demanding that they expand voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic. State Rep. Philip Cortez, who co-chairs the House Committee …

The state’s struggling oil and gas industry continues to suffer through layoffs as Congress debates ways to help. Senator John Cornyn says they’ve yet to come up with a solution. Senator Cornyn says the state’s oil companies that operate refineries rejected the idea of leveling tariffs. Cornyn added that including …

Total Tests 455,162 Public Labs 14,661 Private Labs 440,501 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,750 Cases Reported 35,390 Fatalities 973 Patients Recovered *Estimated* 18,440 Active Cases 15,977

Governor Abbott met with President Trump Thursday at the White house. Abbott said the vast majority of cases in the state are coming from meatpacking plants, prisons, and senior centers. He also spoke about Shelly Luther’s case. President Trump praised Abbott for rolling back state coronavirus restrictions despite failing to …