New data on Texas coronavirus fatalities reveals stark racial disparities.
Demographics
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“It cost me everything”: Hispanic residents bear brunt of COVID-19 in Texas
Not only are Hispanic Texans catching the coronavirus at higher rates in the state’s largest county, but they also suffer some of the worst outcomes.
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This Silicon Valley-based lender sued thousands of Texans during the pandemic. It stopped when we started asking questions.
The company didn’t say exactly how many pending lawsuits it would drop in Texas and elsewhere, but it confirmed that “several thousand cases” would be impacted.
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Analysis: A Republican president wants to use the census to dilute the power of Texas, the biggest Republican state
The Trump administration wants to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population counts used to determine seats in Congress, an idea that would cut into the strength of the Texas delegation to Washington, D.C.
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Travis County DA will not take Javier Ambler, Michael Ramos cases to grand jury before leaving office this year
District Attorney Margaret Moore was originally slated to present both cases to a special grand jury in August.
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Trump pushes to exclude undocumented immigrants when congressional seats are divvied up next year
If it withstands legal challenges, the memo signed Tuesday by the president could cost Texas several seats in Congress. But it’s unclear what data would be used to parse undocumented immigrants from the overall population counts.
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Texas voters split on police violence protests, open to moving Confederate statues, poll finds
Long-held views on discrimination against Black people and on memorials to the Confederacy are changing in Texas, and voters are open to universal voting by mail, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas.
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“How many more are coming?” What it’s like inside hospitals as coronavirus grips Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
The surge in coronavirus cases has slammed hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley. Additional wards have opened. Doctors and nurses pull extra shifts. And the stream of sick people, some gasping for air, keeps growing.
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Supreme Court affirms abortion protections, strikes down Louisiana abortion law
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law Monday that would have curtailed access to abortions in the state. It was nearly identical to a measure the court overturned in Texas in 2016.
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Did your child get free or reduced-price school lunches? You may be eligible for $285 in food aid.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission on Monday extended the deadline for applying to July 31.