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Jill Ramirez was indicted on charges of conspiracy to misapply funds and falsify records.

Austin Police Will No Longer Respond To Non-Life Threatening 911 Calls, Will Divert Them To 311

Our people were left behind | Low vaccination rates among Travis Co. Latinos not surprising to advocates The Travis County Latino community makes up almost 34% of the countys population but accounts for just 19% of vaccinations. Author: Mari Salazar (KVUE) Updated: 11:13 PM CDT May 13, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Vaccination rates for Austins Latino community are alarming to some advocates, but they said its not surprising. The Austin Latino Coalition said throughout...

At food and supply distribution events in East Austin, Jill Ramirez and her fellow promotoras (community health workers) are at the end of the distribution line with their clipboards ready to get names and numbers to sign people up for the coronavirus vaccine.  When Travis County notifies her about available vaccine appointment slots, Ramirez picks up the phone to help register as many people as possible on her signup sheet. But shes not with any health care provider, the city or the county...

Mental health epidemic threatens communities of color amid COVID-19 By (0) Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn. "Were about to have a mental health epidemic because of COVID," Vickie Mays, a professor of health policy and director of the UCLA Center on Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, said during an HDL...

Texans of color, disproportionately devastated by death and unemployment during the last year, tend to live in neighborhoods with older homes, more vulnerable pipes and fewer food options. That's made it harder to withstand the cold temperatures and power outages.

ERCOT says forced outages no longer necessary The states electric system now has enough generation to return to normal operating conditions and no additional power outages were needed overnight to balance supply and demand, according to officials with the entity that operates the grid. "There is enough generation on the electric system to allow us to begin to return to more normal operating conditions," said Senior Director of System Operations Dan Woodfin for Electric Reliability Council of Te...

While the catastrophe wrought by unprecedented weather in Texas was shared by millions left shivering in their own homes, the suffering was not equally spread.

Already hit hard by pandemic, Black and Hispanic communities suffer the blows of an unforgiving winter storm click to enlarge Ben Torres for The Texas Tribune Marleny Almendarez, 38, with her niece Madelyne Hernandez, 3, and two boys, Aaron Hall, 11, and Matthew Hall, 14, outside their home in Dallas on Feb. 18,...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has ended emergency conditions and said conservation is no longer necessary. “We only request conservation from customers when we really feel like we’re near emergency conditions,” said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT senior director of system operations, during a virtual press conference Friday morning. “We are completely back to normal operations.” The regulator said it ended its forced outages Friday morning. Transmission providers are still continuing ...