It’s still unclear what the increase in cases will mean for the state, but doctors and hospitals say Texas is better prepared to face a surge than before.
Jason Beeferman
Jason Beeferman was a spring reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune, until June 2022, and a junior at Northwestern University where he studies Journalism, International Studies and Latin American Studies. He has previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and The New York Post, where he reported for the papers’ metro desks covering city politics, crime and social justice initiatives. A native New Yorker, he is passionate about the workings of city and state governments. He has also written for The Daily Northwestern where he covered Evanston, Ill.’s reparations program.
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State Government
Personal information of 1.8 million Texans with Department of Insurance claims was exposed for years, audit says
The personal data was accessible to the public because of a glitch in the code of the department’s web application.
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Economy
Baby formula shortage is making low-income mothers struggle to pay for a product usually covered by the state
The state’s poorest mothers are paying hundreds of dollars out of pocket when they find baby formula because they say they can’t risk waiting for the exact brand and size container covered by Texas’ Women, Infant and Children program.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Candidates backed by conservative PAC sweep Tarrant County school board elections
All but one of the 11 Tarrant County conservative school board candidates, who were backed this year by several high-profile donors and big-money PACs, defeated their opponents during Saturday’s local elections, according to unofficial results.
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Criminal Justice
Three North Texas officers indicted on felony assault charges for force used on anti-police brutality protesters in 2020
The three men are accused of using excessive force during May 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd.
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Politics
With piles of campaign cash, Christian activists make North Texas school board races a state battleground
In Tarrant County, conservative PACs animated about the teaching of race and sexuality are flooding school board races with hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Operation Lone Star
Gov. Greg Abbott redirects $500 million from other agencies to fund border security mission through end of fiscal year
Abbott said the money would be taken from the budgets of other Texas agencies, including nearly $210 million from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission over two years and about $160 million from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Courts
How Sandy Hook lies and the Jan. 6 inquiry threaten to undo Alex Jones
The Texas-based conspiracy theorist recently sought immunity from federal prosecutors investigating the U.S. Capitol riot. Three of his companies have filed for bankruptcy in an apparent effort to delay his Sandy Hook defamation trial.
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Politics
Gov. Greg Abbott asks for private donations to bus migrants to D.C. after criticism for using taxpayer money
The decision to crowdfund the free bus trips for migrants is a new development since his initial announcement on April 6 that the rides would be paid for by Texas taxpayers.
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Operation Lone Star
Body of Texas National Guard member found after he was washed away while saving drowning migrants
Spc. Bishop E. Evans, a 22-year-old field artilleryman from Arlington, joined the Texas Army National Guard in 2019.