Some utility companies that deliver electricity to Texans are telling customers to expect power outages through Monday night and potentially into Tuesday.
During a Thursday press conference, Gov. Greg Abbott said that more announcements are likely “coming soon” about relaxing COVID-19 restrictions in Texas as cases and hospitalizations continue to drop.
Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing
Austin officials and unsheltered residents push for better housing
A year and a half after Austin lifted a local ban on camping in public, some officials want to buy hotels for housing homeless residents. Meanwhile, a state-sanctioned encampment in the city is full and can t accept new residents.
Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
Jan. 27, 2021
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A woman that goes by âWhisperâ sits with her possesions under Ben White near Westgate as TxDOT workers follow through with a directive from Gov. Greg Abbott to clean up under highway overpasses like Ben White at Westgate in Austin on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019.Bob Owen/Staff photographer
Texas county axes plan to prioritize vaccinating communities of color after state threat
BY EMMA PLATOFF AND JUAN PABLO GARNHAM, Texas Tribune
Jan. 21, 2021
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FILE PHOTO - Faced with the threat that the state might slash its vaccine allocation, Dallas officials on Wednesday reversed course on a plan that would have prioritized doses for people living in the county’s most vulnerable ZIP codes, primarily in communities of color.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer
Faced with the threat that the state might slash its vaccine allocation, Dallas officials on Wednesday reversed course on a plan that would have prioritized doses for people living in the county’s most vulnerable ZIP codes, primarily in communities of color.