MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is charging forward with the state’s reopening process, announcing that businesses in 19 of 22 regions will be permitted to expand capacity next week. On Thursday, Abbott announced he is allowing businesses in most areas of the state, including restaurants, retail stores, and gyms, to…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars in Texas again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining, the most dramatic reversals yet as confirmed coronavirus cases surge. Abbott also said rafting and tubing outfitters on Texas’ popular rivers must close and that outdoor gatherings of 100 people or more must be…
Texas had seen a steady decline in the seven-day average of new Chinese coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations, and test positivity rates as of Thursday afternoon, a couple of weeks after a spike in new daily cases reached its peak, marking the highest single-day figure, and the state set a new record for deaths. The drop…
Shelley Luther may still be jailed for violating a court order to close her hair salon, explained her Warren Norred, her lawyer, on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak. Luther was fined and jailed for contempt of court and violation of a temporary restraining order directing her to close Dallas-based hair salon, Salon Á…
A Dallas hair salon owner who defied a Coronavirus lockdown order will spend seven days in jail, according to a local news report. The salon owner refused to keep her business closed and defied a direct cease and desist order from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins in April. “Shelley Luther, a Dallas hair salon owner…
Despite a warning by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that price gouging related to the Chinese coronavirus will be prosecuted, more than 300 complaints have been filed as of Friday. “Any person or business selling goods must be aware that they are prohibited by law from engaging in price gouging if they unreasonably raise the…
AP Photo/David J. Phillip Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) issued a series of executive orders Thursday to help stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The restrictions include limiting restaurants to take-out only and groups of people to 10 or less. “The State of Texas is at a pivotal moment in our response to COVID-19,…
Former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to win the Democratic Party presidential primary in Texas early Wednesday morning, completing a Super Tuesday sweep of the South. The Associated Press and other networks called the race, which had been neck-and-neck throughout the evening. With 90% of precincts reporting, Biden had one-third of the vote at…
This Dallas-area real estate broker’s Twitter feed is terrifying. He says monetary and federal housing policy have created another housing bubble. And scoffs at the notion of a sustained housing recovery. When even someone who sell houses says they’re not worth their prices, buckle up. A housing market crash could be right around the corner.…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) is the first governor in the United States to halt refugee resettlement in his state, a move that comes as the state has been inundated over the last three decades with mass immigration. For Fiscal Year 2020, President Donald Trump will continue cutting refugee admissions by reducing former President Barack Obama’s refugee…
