DENVER (AP) — Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation’s hospitals once again fill to capacity. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…… MORE
Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – While COVID-19 vaccinations have increased in recent weeks, the Delta variant continues to spread like wildfire among the unvaccinated in Texas. The viral load of the Delta variant is 1000x greater than the original COVID-19 virus, attributing to its rapid spread. According to an analysis of state data by the Texas Tribune,…… MORE
The Texas Supreme Court has declined to block restraining orders against Gov. Greg Abbott’s mask mandate ban. The justices remanded Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal to the 3rd Texas Court of Appeal in Austin for a hearing. The court did not issue an opinion for its Thursday decision. The move comes the same day as…… MORE
AUSTIN (AP)- Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a 38-day holdout. Enough Democrats returned to the state Capitol to allow the Texas House to resume work for the first time since mid-July. That’s when more than 50 Democrats flew to Washington, D.C., in what amounted to a second…… MORE
Some students in DISD will now have an in-home learning option. The district hopes this new option will appeal to folks who are nervous about sending their kids back to school for fear of catching the virus. It’s also for those kids who may be too young to get the vaccine and those who are…… MORE