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Total Tests 390,560 Public Labs 13,519 Private Labs 377,041 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,540 Cases Reported 31,548 Fatalities 867 Patients Recovered *Estimated* 15,544

Today marks the first day Texas restaurants can resume dine-in service, with heavy restrictions. A 25-percent capacity caps dining rooms, and at that level, Emily Knight, who heads the Texas Restaurant Association, says only about half of all restaurants plan to reopen today. It’s the smaller ones that are staying …

Conservatives appear divided over Governor Abbott’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. One area of disagreement is over the Governor’s contact tracing program. The US House Freedom Caucus recently referred to contact tracing as virus surveillance used to spy on Americans. Texas representative Chip Roy called it government tracking. But not …

Total Tests 330,300 Public Labs 12,012 Private Labs 318,288 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,686 Cases Reported 28,087 Fatalities *Estimated* 782 Patients Recovered 13,353

Under the Governor’s Executive Order, which supersedes any county or local orders: Retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and malls may open at 25% capacity of their listed occupancy. They must operate in compliance with the Open Texas Checklist for employee/customer safety. Owners/managers may choose not to open. Museums and libraries …

Governor Abbott’s suggestion that he might make his alcohol-to-go policy during the stay at home order permanent has led one state lawmaker to call for more of the same. TSN’s Austin Bureau Chief Chris Fox reports state representative Eddie Rodriguez would like to see more of the Governor’s COVID-19 waivers …

Governor Greg Abbott says our state will partially re-open on Friday. Some people are concerned. Just Tuesday, the number of new cases in Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties continued to rise. So what does that tell us? Dr. John Carlo is a member of the Texas Medical Association COVID-19 …

Total Tests 314,790 Public Labs 11,772 Private Labs 303,018 COVID-19 Patients Currently In Texas Hospitals 1,702 Cases Reported 27,054 Fatalities 732 Patients Recovered *Estimated* 12,507

Update- 4/29/2020 COVID-19 update from the Paris-Lamar County Health District. As previously announced, today, the Health District was notified of the first COVID-19 related death associated with Paris Healthcare Center Nursing Facility. Also, on 4/29/2020, the Paris-Lamar County Health District has been notified of an additional 4 COVID-19 cases, for …

Businesses that are re-opening after the coronavirus shutdown will need to worry about liability. Experts are predicting a spike in lawsuits, stemming from people who go into public and get sick. Vincent Johnson, the interim dean at St. Mary’s School of Law, says this all comes down to negligence. He …