With the final CDC eviction moratorium now set to expire at the end of July, three Texas families recount their experiences facing their own housing struggles over the past year.
Coronavirus in Texas
As the coronavirus spread across the state, The Texas Tribune covered the most important health, economic, academic and breaking developments that affected Texans. Our map tracker showed the number of cases, deaths, tests and vaccinations in Texas from 2020-22.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott allocates $94.6 million in federal money to help students and colleges recover from pandemic-fueled problems
Most of the money will be used to help Texas colleges and universities expand or add new programs in areas with employment shortages and provide additional aid to students.
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Texas students’ standardized test scores dropped dramatically during the pandemic, especially in math
The drop was more significant in districts that had most of their instruction online, compared to districts with more in-person classes.
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More than 150 employees resign or are fired from Houston hospital system after refusing to get vaccinated
Houston Methodist was one of the nation’s first health systems to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate.
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Texas’ unemployment rate has fallen by nearly half since the record high in April 2020
The coronavirus pandemic swiftly swept Texas into an economic recession, prompting millions to seek unemployment aid and complicating the state budget. Here’s a look at how the recovery is going.
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With jobless Texans losing access to federal unemployment benefits, some in rural areas can’t find jobs
Gov. Greg Abbott opted Texans out of all additional federal unemployment aid starting June 26. But finding a job hasn’t been easy for everyone.
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Together again: Texans venture out to make up for lost time
With Texans finally stepping out in public again, we asked photographers across the state to give us a look at people enjoying themselves after the long shutdown.
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Dozens who died in Texas prisons during the pandemic had been granted parole, new report shows
At any given time, thousands of Texas prisoners have been approved for parole but not yet released. At least 42 of those people died in the 12 months after the coronavirus first swept the state.
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Watch: Meet the Texas doctors on a mission to vaccinate their rural communities
Worried about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 infections, doctors Carolyn Salter and her husband, Michael Gorby, have taken it upon themselves to get lagging vaccination rates up in rural East Texas.
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Some medically vulnerable Texans feel left behind as the state returns to normal
The possibility that the vaccine won’t work — or that, as some worry, it could even hurt them — is a devastating blow after a year of sacrifice, isolation and waiting for protection against the virus.