As of today, many Texas businesses will be rolling back capacity and occupancy levels as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter from the Texas Department of State Health Services written to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, it outlines that all restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms and exercise facilities, museums…… MORE
Man Allegedly Escapes From Human Smuggling Operation in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal prosecutor says an Honduran man has been charged with harboring after he was found keeping watch of more than two dozen people who authorities say were being held in a Houston home as part of a human smuggling operation. Houston police say the smuggling operation was discovered Thursday evening after…… MORE
Texas Nursing Homes Will Be Among the First To Receive Coronavirus Vaccines
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas health officials are moving nursing home residents to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccines. The change Friday comes after state health officials initially decided that only health care workers would have access to the first round of doses that are expected to arrive this month. The reversal comes…… MORE
13 Charged In Drug Sales By Former University Of Texas Students
Austin, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says 13 people have been charged in a probe into a drug ring largely operated by current and former University of Texas students that used apps and social media to sell counterfeit Adderall and Xanax often laced with fentanyl. Justice officials said 13 people have been…… MORE
Appeals Court Rules For Trump Taking Military Money For Wall
Houston (AP) – A federal appeals court has ruled that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday that El Paso County and the nonprofit Border Network for Human…… MORE