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As Texas college towns emerge as coronavirus hot spots, universities try to keep students from infecting locals
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In counties where four-year college students make up at least 10% of the population, cases have grown 34% since Aug. 19, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. That’s compared with 23% in counties with a smaller proportion of students.
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Texas Tribune 1/ In Texas and across the country, college towns are emerging as new coronavirus hot spots. With cases surging among students, universities are attempting to keep them from infecting broader local populations. 10h
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Texas Tribune 4/ Since Aug. 1, Texas Tech has logged more than 1,400 cases of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Texas Tech parties have gone viral, and the university is investigating a student who posted a video claiming she attended a house party despite having COVID-19. 10h
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Texas voter registration deadline is Oct. 5. Here's your 2020 voter guide.
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Everything Texans need to know about voting during the pandemic, mail-in voting, voting in person, Texas candidates and key dates for the 2020 general election in November.
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Texas Tribune 🚨 The last day to register to vote in Texas is Oct. 5 🚨 That’s two weeks away. We’ve compiled everything you need to know about the general election and voting during the pandemic in Texas. #tx2020 #txlege 34h
Analysis: COVID-19’s almost incomprehensible toll in Texas
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We’ve lost a lot of Texans already and will surely lose more to the coronavirus. Doesn’t it seem like there should at least be a moment of silence?
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Texas Tribune . writes that the state's response to the pandemic has been primarily about the disease itself, its effect on the economy, and the balance of government actions and individual freedoms. You don't hear leaders talking much about those who died. 39h
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Share of positive COVID-19 cases as Texas reopened was higher than originally reported, new state calculations show
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Public health experts say discrepancies in key metrics, such as the positivity rate, made it difficult for officials to make informed policy decisions.
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Texas Tribune New: Texas health officials published new data this week that shows the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate was higher in the spring than originally disclosed, even as public officials cited the data to justify business reopenings. 7d
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Analysis: It’s hard to make good pandemic policy if the Texas data is fuzzy
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The state's public health experts are changing their calculation of one of the governor's go-to measures of the spread of coronavirus. It's an improvement, but the new version has some bugs of its own.
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Texas Tribune .: Gov. Greg Abbott made a big deal of positivity rates back at the beginning of the pandemic. But more than six months in, the state is changing the way it accounts for the spread of infections. 7d
ICE deported a key witness in investigation of sexual assault and harassment at El Paso detention center
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Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department inspectors general are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted detainees in camera blind spots.
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Texas Tribune NEW: ICE deported a crucial witness in an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso immigrant detention center, according to the witness' lawyers. With 8d
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Texas Tribune ICE deported a crucial witness in an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual assault and harassment at an El Paso immigrant detention center, according to the witness' lawyers. With 7d
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Lawmakers call on Gov. Greg Abbott to plan to expand broadband access as pandemic worsens disparities
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A bipartisan group of 88 state lawmakers said in a letter that a statewide broadband plan is well overdue.
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Texas Tribune More than 800,000 rural Texans don’t have adequate broadband infrastructure. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers has asked Gov. Greg Abbott to develop a plan to expand broadband access in the state, saying it can't wait until the next #txlege session. 8d
Here’s how to vote by mail in Texas
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Your questions answered about who qualifies, when to expect your ballot and how to make sure your vote counts.
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Texas Tribune How do I qualify to vote by mail in Texas? What could cause my mail-in ballot to be rejected? Who can I call to make sure my ballot is received? Answers to your questions here 8d
Thousands of immigrants in Texas could be forced to leave the country following court decision on protected status
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The Trump administration wants to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of people from a number of countries who received protection because of armed conflicts and natural disasters.
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Texas Tribune Tens of thousands of immigrants who are living in Texas legally under humanitarian protection could be forced to leave or face deportation after a court ruled that President Trump can end the program. 9d
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An Austin doctor got a COVID-19 test from his own company. They billed his insurance company nearly $11,000
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Physicians Premier ER charged Dr. Zachary Sussman's insurance $10,984 for his COVID-19 antibody test even though Sussman worked for the chain and knows the testing materials only cost about $8. Even more surprising: The insurer paid in full.
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Texas Tribune When Dr. Zachary Sussman went to the ER chain he works at for a COVID-19 antibody test, he assumed he'd get a freebie. Instead, he was charged $10,984 by his insurance. Though the insurer paid in full, the bill left him so dismayed he quit his job. 11d
Texas is revising its sex education standards, but they'll likely remain silent on LGBTQ issues
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The Republican-dominated State Board of Education is taking up the first revision of sex ed curriculum in more than 20 years. LGBTQ students say they're being excluded again.
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Texas Tribune At an initial public hearing in June, many students, teachers and advocates asked the board to require students learn about sexual orientation and gender identity, especially since LGBTQ students are more likely to be discriminated against and bullied. 12d
UT-Austin says it will only require student ticket holders to test negative for COVID-19 before Saturday’s football game
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Other ticket holders and visitors from University of Texas at El Paso are not required to be tested to enter the stadium.
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Texas Tribune . officials said students with football season tickets will be required to take a COVID-19 test on Friday and test negative before they can attend Saturday's game. The same precautions won't be required of thousands of other fans in the stands. 13d
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Texas Tribune Will universal basic income become a more mainstream policy proposal? .: “Absolutely. I don’t think it’s even going to take four years … because unfortunately we’re going to be struggling through this crisis for months and months.” #TribFest20 14d
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Texas Tribune . says if California passes Prop. 24 — a data privacy proposition, then other states will follow. "You would end up with this set of data and privacy rights hopefully sweeping the country." #TribFest20 14d