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In the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced Tim League, the founder of Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, to furlough thousands of workers, close a couple of theaters and file for bankruptcy.
League says the moves had to be done to ensure his quirky, iconic business has a future. And it does. Just this week, League traveled to El Paso to open a new theater.
The Austinite says he sees the COVID-19 vaccine as the ticket to his industry resuming some normalcy.
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A board member for the Brazos River Authority has resigned, according to Gov. Greg Abbott s office, after a rocky confirmation hearing Monday at the Texas Capitol.
Darren Yancy, whom Abbott appointed to the board in 2019, was largely unapologetic as Democrats on the Senate Nominations Committee questioned him about two tweets he posted attacking Democratic politicians. One of them, posted earlier this month, suggested President Joe Biden was trying to kill U.S. citizens because he wants illegals coming with potential viruses and other health issues to spread and infect. The other tweet accused former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of using SS tactics to run the chamber, referring to the paramilitary force in Nazi Germany.
The president's comments came the day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was ending the statewide mask requirement and letting businesses reopen at 100% capacity.