A small elections staff, many working from home because of the pandemic, is trying to process a record number of requests for registrations and mail-in ballot applications.
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Wi-Fi buses were a quick solution for student internet access, but as schools reopen they need their buses back
As more students return to school in person, some school districts are having to trim back programs that deployed buses as hot spots in neighborhoods for students with little or no internet access.
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Police brutality in Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to raise the stakes for protesters during a divisive Texas election
Abbott’s campaign event came after a majority of likely Texas voters in a recent poll said that law and order is a bigger issue than the pandemic. Yet they were also more likely to say that racism in the criminal justice system is a larger problem than riots in American cities.
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Texas 2020 Elections
John Cornyn, MJ Hegar set for first debate, though Hegar wants two more
Cornyn previously said he’s open to debating Hegar more than once, and his campaign said Tuesday it looks “forward to considering other opportunities.”
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas college football returns with thousands of fans in the stadiums as campus cases grow
The University of Texas at Austin will face off against The University of Texas at El Paso on Saturday with thousands of fans in the stadium and new safety precautions.
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Coronavirus in Texas
UT-Austin says it will require only student ticket holders to test negative for COVID-19 before Saturday’s football game
Other ticket holders and visitors from University of Texas at El Paso are not required to be tested to enter the stadium.
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Texas 2020 Elections
How Gov. Greg Abbott made Austin’s police budget cuts a top campaign issue for candidates running in November
The Republican governor isn’t on the November ballot. But he has come out hard against efforts to shift city money away from policing, echoing a national debate on policing and crime during a tumultuous election season.
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Police brutality in Texas
Watch live: Gov. Greg Abbott signs pledge against cutting police budgets in Texas at 2 p.m.
Abbott has called on all Texas candidates in the November election to sign it to show they are “backing the blue.” Other state leaders will join him Thursday at the Austin Police Association.
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Gov. Greg Abbott calls on all Texas candidates to sign pledge against police budget cuts
The pledge is the governor’s latest political move in an election season consumed by debates on policing reforms and funding.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas universities blame off-campus parties for rising COVID-19 cases, but few are disciplining students
Schools, desperate to keep their doors open but worried about health risks to their students, are being put in the uncomfortable position of having to govern young adult behavior that is mostly happening off university property.
