Category: Breaking News
Governor Abbott Expands Business Openings In Texas, Announces Surge Response Teams To Combat COVID-19
Issues Guidance For Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremonies AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott...
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Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Establishing Strike Force To Open Texas
Directs Select Services To Reopen, Closes Schools For Remainder Of Academic Year AUSTIN –...
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Small businesses: PPP funds are exhausted, now what?
By Jessica Campos As of Thursday, April 16, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced...
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New Cornyn Video: Supporting Texas’ Small Businesses Through the Pandemic
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released a video for Texas small businesses...
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Governor Abbott, Goldman Sachs, LiftFund Announce $50 Million in Loans for Texas Small Businesses
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Goldman Sachs and the LiftFund, along...
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Cornyn: East Texas to Receive $1.1M in Coronavirus Recovery Grants
WASHINGTON – The cities of Tyler, Longview, and Marshall were awarded $1,136,436 in federal grants...
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Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order, Implements Statewide Essential Services and Activities Protocols
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order implementing Essential...
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Longview and Gregg County Issue Mandatory Shelter-in-Place Orders
“The number of confirmed cases in Gregg County has begun to rise, and we can see the virus is in...
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Pfizer Collaborates with BioNTech SE to Develop and Distribute Needed Vaccine
The agreement covers co-development and co-commercialization aimed at accelerating the development...
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Coronavirus-19 Update: Gregg County Area Officials Issue Voluntary Shelter at Home Guidelines
Gregg County area leaders issued guidelines for residents to voluntarily Shelter-at-Home for the...
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Smith County Judge Will Not Issue a “Shelter in Place” Order at This Time
On Monday, March 23, 2020, Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran made clear that—at this time—he has...
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Sec. of Education DeVos suspends Student Loan Payments, Waives Interests During National Emergency
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that the office of Federal...
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