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Sparks continue to fly following Austin City Council's historic decision to reduce the Austin Police Department budget by as much as $150 million. (Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune)
Austin
7:10 PM Sep 10, 2020 CDT
Governor attacks, billboards and PACs: Austin decision to cut police budget creates firestorm
The Confederate Soldiers Monument stands on the south grounds of the Texas Capitol. A group of Democratic lawmakers have called for its removal, along with other statues and portraits honoring the Confederacy. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
4:44 PM Aug 5, 2020 CDT
State legislators seek removal of Confederate monuments at Texas Capitol
The report comes as Texas, like states across the country, puzzles through decisions on what the upcoming academic year will look like for students and staff. (Courtesy Pixabay)
Austin
11:03 AM Jul 1, 2020 CDT
Texas Education Agency: 1 in 10 students have disengaged during the pandemic
Texas’ Hispanic population has grown by more than 2 million since 2010, according to new population estimates released June 25 by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Courtesy Fotolia)
Austin
8:00 AM Jun 26, 2020 CDT
Texas Tribune: Texas’ Hispanic population grew by 2 million in the past decade, on pace to be largest share of state by 2021
The Texas Education Agency, the headquarters for which are located in the William B. Travis building in downtown Austin, issued updated guidance to school districts around the state June 23. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
Austin
4:46 PM Jun 23, 2020 CDT
TEA: Districts must offer some in-person classes for 2020-21 school year
Texas schools reopening
Austin
1:39 PM Jun 18, 2020 CDT
Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas students will return to school campuses this fall
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said cities could mandate that businesses require customers and employees to face coverings. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
7:00 PM Jun 17, 2020 CDT
City of Austin orders businesses to require face coverings for employees, customers; punishable by $1,000 fine
Austin
3:41 PM Apr 21, 2020 CDT
VIDEO: Texas Tribune interview with Sen. Kirk Watson on his time in the state Legislature
A state district judge said April 15 that he will move forward with an order easing restrictions for voting by mail in Texas in light of the new coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Austin
10:06 AM Apr 16, 2020 CDT
Texas Tribune: Texas judge will issue order that could greatly expand mail-in voting
Gregory Fenves will step down as the president of the University of Texas on June 30, according to a letter he wrote April 7 to the UT community. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Austin
10:45 AM Apr 7, 2020 CDT
University of Texas President Gregory Fenves to leave for Emory University in Atlanta
Austin
8:17 PM Apr 6, 2020 CDT
VIDEO: Texas Tribune interview with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar about the coronavirus's effects on the state economy
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discusses measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. John Hellerstedt, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (left) and Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the media from the Texas Capitol on March 13. (Brian Rash/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
3:45 PM Apr 1, 2020 CDT
STATS: Texas reports 3,997 cases and 58 deaths to start April
Austin
3:09 PM Apr 1, 2020 CDT
Texas Tribune: Some local elections in Texas moving ahead despite coronavirus spread
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters while walking to the House Chamber floor, ahead of a vote on a coronavirus relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 27. (Courtesy Reuters/Tom Brenner)
Austin
2:34 PM Mar 27, 2020 CDT
Texas Tribune: Many Texans in Congress scrambled to join vote as US House passes coronavirus spending bill
Manny Lopez continues to pick up trash five days a week even amid the global coronavirus pandemic. (Christopher Neely/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
9:04 AM Mar 24, 2020 CDT
Even in a global pandemic, someone still needs to pick up the trash
Dr. John Hellerstedt, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, left, and Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the media from the Texas Capitol on March 13. (Brian Rash/Community Impact Newspaper)
Austin
1:04 PM Mar 19, 2020 CDT
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texans to avoid groups of 10; closes bars, gyms and restaurants for dine-in
RESULTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES
Union General Gordon Granger came to Galveston in 1865 to announce the liberation of enslaved people in Texas; a nine-foot-tall statue of Granger is visible when driving along Broadway Avenue J, one of Galveston’s busiest streets. (Graphic by Justin Howell/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
6:00 AM
Houston-Galveston area significant for Black history
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)
Dallas - Fort Worth
4:16 PM
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addresses COVID-19 vaccine, economic effects
State Sen. Pat Fallon, R-Prosper, speaks on the Senate floor in 2019. Republicans selected Fallon to replace former U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe on the general election ballot. (Juan Figueroa/The Texas Tribune)
Dallas - Fort Worth
9:30 AM
The Texas Tribune: 4 candidates join Shelley Luther, Drew Springer in race to replace state Sen. Pat Fallon
Gov. Greg Abbott announced a proposal Aug. 18 to keep cities from increasing property tax revenue if they decrease police department funding. (Screenshot of April 17 press conference)
Houston
1:00 PM
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will freeze cities' abilities to increase property tax revenue if they cut police funding
Senate Bill 2, which was passed into law during the 2019 legislative session, requires cities over 30,000 in population to have a rollback rate reduction from 8% to 3.5%. (Screenshot from Texas Senate Website)
Houston
9:30 AM
Katy adopts new process to calculate tax rate
The deaths confirmed on July 22 included one individual in their 20s, according to Harris County Public Health data. Of the 575 total deaths confirmed in the county, about 79% of them have been individuals age 60 or older. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Houston
4:00 PM
COVID-19 hospitalizations slowly declining in Harris County; confirmed death total up by 100 over past 8 days
A voter shows up to vote at the Moody Park Community Center on election day in Harris County. (Shawn Arrajj/Community Impact Newspaper)
Houston
11:00 AM
3 challenges facing Harris County's election office leading up to the November election
Leander ISD trustees and staff are pictured in this screen grab of a previous online meeting. (Screenshot courtesy LISD)
Austin
9:45 AM
Leander ISD to discuss fall instruction, equity, diversity at July 16 meeting
online
Austin
10:30 AM
Gov. Abbott: Texas Education Agency to extend online learning option for school districts in 2020-21 school year
Candidate Mike Siegel declared victory over opponent Pritesh Gandhi during a Zoom call with media July 14. (Screenshot via Zoom)
Houston
10:00 PM
ELECTION RESULTS: Siegel declares victory, will face Republican incumbent Michael McCaul in November