GOVERNMENT
A lone runner jogs on a snow-covered road in Austin. Transportation projects across the city were briefly paused due to Winter Storm Uri. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
ERCOT: Texas power system was less than 5 minutes from collapse during winter storm
Gov. Greg Abbott provided updates on the state's emergency response efforts during a Feb. 18 press conference. (Screenshot of April 17 press conference)
Gov. Greg Abbott: Power restored to nearly 2M homes in past day; statewide aid efforts continuing
Although tens of thousands of megawatts remain off the statewide power grid Feb. 17, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said relief is on the way for many Texans within the next 24 hours. (Hannah Zedaker/Community Impact Newspaper)
Gov. Abbott: Power restoration on the way for 1M households in next 24 hours
AECOM Texas Executive Wendy Lopez moderates a panel discussion Feb. 4 featuring Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, Denton County Judge Andy Eads, Collin County Judge Chris Hill and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. (Screenshot courtesy North Texas Commission)
‘Hope for tsunami of vaccines’: North Texas county judges discuss regional collaboration in COVID-19 response
The DSHS could not say when exactly the rollout would include a group beyond phases 1A and 1B during its Feb. 4 press conference. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
State officials: Focus on vaccines to patients age 75 and older remains highest priority
Feeding Texas hosted a Jan. 19 webinar to discuss legislative highlights for the 87th Texas Legislature. (Screenshot courtesy Feeding Texas)
Food insecurity in Texas' 87th Legislature: Hunger relief organization Feeding Texas to propose legislation addressing hunger
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar shared a new revenue estimate for the 2022-23 biennium Jan. 11. (Courtesy Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Comptroller projects drop in state revenue, potential for economic uptick for next biennium
A group of Texas state representatives are calling upon Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of State Health Services to improve COVID-19 vaccine distribution. (Courtesy Ascension Seton)
Texas state representatives call on Abbott to improve COVID-19 vaccination rollouts
Gov. Greg Abbott (right) and John Hellerstedt, Texas Department of State Health Services commissioner, provide an update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution at a Dec. 17 news conference. (Courtesy Office of the Governor)
Abbott: Vaccines to reach some in Texas nursing homes by end of year
Gov. Greg Abbott spoke in a Dec. 16 address about the logistics involved in the vaccinations currently going on around the state. (Courtesy Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addresses COVID-19 vaccine, economic effects
Hospitals across the North Texas area are monitoring elective procedures after the region crossed a key state threshold for COVID-19 hospitalizations. (Courtesy Medical City Plano)
Many elective surgeries still on schedule in North Texas despite new COVID-19 restrictions
Restaurants, bars and some other businesses in North Texas will face a familiar slate of heightened restrictions after the region exceeded the Gov. Greg Abbott’s threshold for COVID-19 hospitalizations. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Bar closures, tighter business restrictions triggered in North Texas by COVID-19 hospitalizations
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Q&A: Laura Colangelo discusses challenges facing private schools during pandemic
Schools now have the power to temporarily suspend on-campus instruction if “a significant number of the instructional staff at the campus is impacted due to a confirmed COVID-19 outbreak." (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Texas Education Agency authorizes schools to close doors for 14 days due to coronavirus-related staffing concerns
The free drive-thru COVID-19 saliva testing site operating in Frisco is now located at the northwest corner of Technology Drive and World Cup Way. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Free COVID-19 testing site in Frisco moves to Toyota Stadium