by Tony McDonald | Apr. 7, 2020 | Commentary
We are several weeks into the crisis caused by the spread of the Chinese coronavirus and the governmental response. Gov. Greg Abbott and local officials across the state have issued various proclamations aimed at combating the virus. Some of these proclamations claim...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 6, 2020 | Local
Concerns about the coronavirus pandemic prompted Wylie officials to postpone the city’s May elections until November. Wylie City Council voted 6-0 last Thursday to move its previously scheduled regular and special municipal elections to the November 3 general election...
by Thomas Warren | Apr. 6, 2020 | Local
The Seventh Court of Appeals, Place 4 race will be on the ballot again for some voters in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains areas. On Wednesday, Judge W. Stacy Trotter ordered a new election for the controversial Republican primary contest after the election was...
by John Meazell | Apr. 6, 2020 | Commentary
Governor Abbott, I have concluded reviewing your Executive Order GA-14 and am shocked. It is hard to believe you instituted this Executive Order given the statistics so far. The problems of New York City are not the problems of Texas. No city in Texas is like New York...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 6, 2020 | Local
Frisco’s elected school board trustees unanimously agreed to delegate decision-making authority to the district’s top bureaucrat during the course of the coronavirus closures. At a special meeting held April 1 via videoconference, Frisco Independent School District...
by Ross Kecseg | Apr. 6, 2020 | State
The vast majority of Texas cities have yet to see the surge in Chinese coronavirus infections projected by health experts. Even in hot spots such as the Dallas area, where county officials have imposed the harshest restrictions on residents, patient volumes have...
by Rachel Bovard | Apr. 5, 2020 | Commentary
The ink is barely dry on the $2.2 trillion congressional relief package and companies who received funding in the bill—which is designed to help keep people employed—have begun announcing layoffs, anyway. On March 27, United Airlines announced that, despite taking...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 3, 2020 | Local
Golf courses consumed the majority of McKinney City Council members’ time in a special meeting today to extend the city’s coronavirus-prompted shelter-in-place ordinance. After spending roughly 45 minutes debating the issue, council decided in a split vote to let golf...
by Cary Cheshire | Apr. 3, 2020 | State
Though Harris County Judge Linda Hidalgo, a Democrat, signed an emergency order to temporarily release felony inmates from the Harris County jail, and seven were slated to release today, that order has been countermanded by a local criminal district court judge. On...
by Buddy Saunders | Apr. 3, 2020 | Commentary, State
Dear Governor Abbott, I share with you the goals expressed in your executive order, but I am concerned that in the understandable haste to get it issued, insufficient thought was given to the need to keep as much business activity going as possible. There are many...
by Cary Cheshire | Apr. 3, 2020 | State
As the Chinese coronavirus and government policies to slow its spread continue, business after business has been forced to adjust operations and procedures in order to adapt. Millions of employees are working from home, but for many businesses—particularly...
by Matt Stringer | Apr. 3, 2020 | Local
On Thursday, President Trump issued a statement on Twitter saying that after speaking with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, he “expect[s] and hope[s]” they will be cutting back on the rate that both the Saudis and Russians are presently flooding the markets with. The...
by 1836 Studios | Apr. 3, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! This week Robert Montoya from the Metroplex Bureau discusses how businesses are coping with the shutdowns and the struggles they face to simply stay afloat. Austin Bureau...
by 1836 Studios | Apr. 3, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Video
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was on TexasScorecard.com! This week Robert Montoya from the Metroplex Bureau discusses how businesses are coping with the shutdowns and the struggles they face to simply stay afloat. Austin Bureau...
by Robert Montoya | Apr. 3, 2020 | Local
While the Chinese coronavirus shutdown continues to hurt millions of Texans and businesses across the state, small businesses in North Texas have united to give back to the community that has given them so much. This Thursday and Friday, Colleyville restaurants Red...
by Michael Quinn Sullivan | Apr. 3, 2020 | Commentary, Life
History is replete with examples of judicial abuse and executive power exercised unjustly. Even in our own Republic, where we say the “law is king,” we find horrible miscarriages of justice. Yet none in history was more consequential than the trial and execution of...
by Erin Anderson | Apr. 2, 2020 | Local
UPDATED April 5. Deferring to the governor’s new statewide directive issued to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one North Texas county ended its less-detailed local order, while another continued countywide restrictions. On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced...
by 1836 Studios | Apr. 2, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Video
Jim and Michael check back in from their socially distant bunkers to discuss the latest news. On this episode: Psalm 121:1-2 “Where does my help come from?” Toilet paper shortage? The guys have some suggestions for alternatives in case you find yourself in need. Saudi...
by Brandon Waltens | Apr. 2, 2020 | Local
Across Texas, citizens are doing what they can to stay at home and limit their time in public in keeping with President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force’s recommendations of social distancing. Additionally, local government orders have shuttered thousands...
by Brandon Waltens | Apr. 2, 2020 | Federal
While the economic effects of the international response to the coronavirus have harmed many industries across the globe, perhaps few have been more affected than airlines. And with Texas being the home to the largest airline in the country, as well as some of the...
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