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Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Texas continues to fall from record highs as the state nears the end...

Airfares are cheaper than they’ve been in decades

Kyle Arnold The Dallas Morning News Traveling the country hasn't been this cheap in decades. For less than $100, travelers from the Dallas area can buy...

COVID-19 vaccine theft charge dismissed against Texas doc

JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed a theft charge against a Houston area health department doctor who had...

Internet, phone services in rural Texas threatened as state cuts for providers

By Neelam Bohra, Texas Tribune Some rural Texans are facing the threat of losing phone and internet service after the state recently slashed subsidies that...

Baylor students must test weekly for COVID-19

By Kate McGee, Texas Tribune Baylor University has started COVID-19 testing on a weekly basis for every student, faculty and staff member, with the help...

Texas House, Senate propose similar spending amounts in preliminary budgets

By Mitchell Ferman, Texas Tribune Texas leaders in the state House and Senate have each proposed budgets that spend $119.7 billion in general revenue for...

Texas ICUs reach max for at least 50 hospitals

By Marissa Martinez and Carla Astudillo, Texas Tribune Hidalgo County Health Authority Ivan Melendez says coming into COVID-19 units nowadays feels like going through a...

Texas deploys more help to hard-hit border as deaths mount

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A raging coronavirus outbreak in Laredo, now one of the biggest hotspots in the U.S., is leading to hundreds of...

Rare gold coin sells for $9.36 million at Texas auction

DALLAS (AP) — A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for...

Texas sues Biden administration over halt to deportations

By PAUL J. WEBER and NOMAAN MERCHANT, The Associated Press AUSTIN — Texas on Friday moved to stop President Joe Biden from allowing a 100-day...