After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.
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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites
Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated ... had to run their primaries jointly and share voting equipment, because there wouldn’t have been enough for all the ...
1 dead, several hurt, tractor-trailers overturned after storms hit Ellis County
One person died and several others were taken to hospitals and Interstate 35E in Ellis County was shut down by overturned ...
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A year after Texas’ largest wildfire, Panhandle residents tugged between hope and anxiety
The Panhandle town of Canadian is determined to move beyond the deadly fire. And yet, they are reminded almost daily another ...
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
He hadn’t been expecting a stranger with a notepad, but he listened as I explained that I had come to town to write about the ...
Officials say no injuries, no danger to public as State Fire Marshal investigates explosion, fire under Texas Tech
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of fires and at least one explosion that led to smoke and flames pouring from manholes across the Texas Tech campus.
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Texas House rolls out its plan to reduce property taxes for homeowners, businesses
AUSTIN — Texas House ... on tax relief for small businesses — increasing the amount of personal property exemptions they can claim for things like office furniture and equipment.
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Where private-equity firms invested billions into small businesses in 2024
While an infusion of capital can result in new equipment or geographic ... in 2024. Texas ranked No. 2, at $73.2 billion in ...
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Sleepy small Texas town is silently turning into the new Aspen as the super rich flock there
Locals say that up to 30 private jets per week have been arriving at the small regional airport ... better playground equipment, and baseball fields.' Local business owners have witnessed ...
Students at All Saints Episcopal School hosting 'Fur Fest' to help dogs, raise awareness
"I grew up around dogs, and actually my first word was ‘uck,’ which I was trying to say ‘Huck,’ which my dog was named Huck ...
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Crabapple wildfire near Fredericksburg increases to 9,500 acres, now only 55% contained
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — Fire officials in Gillespie County ... Crabapple to Farm-to-Market Road 1631. On Saturday, heavy equipment, engines and aircraft were used to protect structures and ...