Congress is preparing to send billions more to businesses. Some say the first round of money was depleted as larger enterprises beat smaller businesses to the punch.
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas small-business owners scramble as federal relief fund runs out
Many businesses without accountants, lawyers or other professional help failed to get their applications in for the Paycheck Protection Program funds before the money was depleted.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas’ small-business owners tap patience and experts to navigate coronavirus relief options
Companies trying to prevent layoffs are turning to banks, accountants and nonprofits to help them apply for federal assistance during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Many Texans in Congress scrambled to join vote as U.S. House passes coronavirus spending bill
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill into law.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas’ shuttered businesses, laid-off workers and overwhelmed hospitals among beneficiaries of coronavirus relief bill
The historic legislation, worth more than $2 trillion, heads to the U.S. House on Friday after the Senate passed it unanimously.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says a failing economy is worse than coronavirus
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News on Monday that he would rather perish from the new coronavirus than see the economy destroyed for his grandchildren by overreaction to the disease.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texan Louie Gohmert backs off from challenge to federal coronavirus package
Several reports had suggested that Gohmert could have delayed the bill’s passage by days.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas politicians adjust campaigns amid coronavirus fears
“I think it would be hard to tell people that I’m out here running to make their lives better while at the same time putting their lives at risk,” said one state House candidate.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texans in Congress aim to contain coronavirus — and avoid contaminating each other
Nineteen of the 38 Texas members of Congress are over the age of 60, the age at which medical professionals say people are at most risk for serious complications from the virus.
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Texas 2020 Elections
U.S. Reps. Kay Granger and Henry Cuellar claim victory in congressional primary races
Cuellar faced a challenge from attorney Jessica Cisneros, while Granger defeated former Colleyville City Council member Chris Putnam.
