Gonzales encouraged residents to adhere to Travis County's shelter-in-place order, and asked that they support local small businesses. "My message to Pflugerville: please stay home during this time, enjoy the sunlight when you have the opportunity in a safe arena of space, be compassionate (toward) your neighbors, and support your local businesses that are trying to hang on by a thread until this pandemic subsides," he said. "We will survive this challenge as a community." … [Read more...] about Texas’ Lake Pflugerville closed due to ‘overcrowding’
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Texas blocked From banning abortions to conserve masks, gowns
Texas’s Republican governor and attorney general last week threatened doctors with steep fines and jail time for performing even medication abortions that don’t require the use of personal protective equipment, such as surgical masks and sterile gloves and gowns. Only abortions needed to save the life of the mother were allowed under the governor’s order. … [Read more...] about Texas blocked From banning abortions to conserve masks, gowns
Appeals court temporarily re-instates Texas order limiting abortion access over coronavirus
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had specified that "any type of abortion that is not medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother" was included in the order, prompting a challenge from state abortion providers and national abortion rights groups last week. … [Read more...] about Appeals court temporarily re-instates Texas order limiting abortion access over coronavirus
Texas closes school through May, extends social restrictions
Most governors have now imposed stay-at-home orders as coronavirus cases mount in the U.S., but Abbott has rejected doing so for his state of 29 million people. And his efforts Tuesday to explain what is allowed and what isn't under his new executive order was at times so cloudy that aides were left trying later to clarify. … [Read more...] about Texas closes school through May, extends social restrictions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders schools to remain closed until Monday, May 4
Abbott said 42,922 people have been tested for the virus, with 3,266 positive cases across 122 counties. Only 2.4 percent of the beds available for COVID-19 patients are currently occupied, he said. … [Read more...] about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders schools to remain closed until Monday, May 4
