Texas A&M University System officials voted Friday on systemwide guidance for the fall semester. While some face-to-face classes will resume, many will be conducted in a hybrid model, using a combination of online and in-person instruction.
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Texas sports fans will soon be allowed to attend outdoor pro games, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Starting Friday, most Texas counties will be able to host in-person spectators for outdoor sporting events in venues. But occupancy will be limited to 25%.
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Coronavirus in Texas: 250,000 Texans with approved unemployment claims have yet to request payment
Live updates: To receive benefits, people who filed for unemployment must request payments every two weeks on an assigned day.
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Gov. Greg Abbott says Amarillo has “turned a corner” after coronavirus flare-up
The Texas Panhandle, where a workforce of Hispanics and immigrants powers several meatpacking plants, is home to the highest rates of infection in the state.
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TribCast: How to vote in a pandemic and Texas’ record unemployment rate
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Matthew, Emma and Ross about the state’s recently released guidance for the upcoming elections, the reopening of water parks and the economic devastation faced by Texas workers.
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Some Texas hospitals continued to sue patients for unpaid medical bills during the coronavirus pandemic
Hundreds of debt collection lawsuits have been filed since Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster because of COVID-19 in mid-March, according to the Health Care Research and Policy Team at Johns Hopkins University.
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Coronavirus in Texas: More than 26,000 workers in Texas’ oil and gas industry lost jobs in April
Live updates: The oilfield service sector accounted for more than 22,000 of the industry’s jobs lost in April, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
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Water parks, food court dining areas added to Texas’ latest wave of reopenings
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Tuesday adding a few types of businesses to the list.
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Photos of Texas’ continued reopening: Bars, bowling alleys and other businesses welcome back customers
As Texas gradually reopens, bars were allowed to open their doors to start off Memorial Day weekend. Texas Tribune photographers were out Friday and Saturday to capture how that went in Austin.
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Coronavirus in Texas: Bars, bowling alleys and other businesses can begin reopening Friday
Live updates: The state’s unemployment rate hit 12.8%, and a lawsuit seeks the release of medically vulnerable inmates in the Dallas County jail.
