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/ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that he has sued the City of Austin and Travis County, a declaration that came a day after local leaders declared new restrictions for when restaurants and bars can serve customers during New Years weekend. Paxton filed a petition for temporary injunction and a temporary restraining order in Travis County District Court targeting orders made by Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown. Citing an increase in COVID-19 cases, th...

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:07 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Texas Attorney Generals Office Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas war over local control heated up Wednesday as state Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Austin and Travis C...

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Gov. Abbott pushes back: “This shutdown order by Austin isn’t allowed”

The City of Austin has announced it will be limiting dine-in food service hours from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.

UpdatedWed, Dec 30, 2020 at 3:12 pm CT Replies(2) Beginning Thursday, dine-in food and beverage service will be restricted by city and county order from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. (Rick Uldricks/Patch) AUSTIN, TX — In an effort to stem the tide of the coronavirus illness, health officials on Tuesday implemented new restrictions regulating hours of operation for dine-in food and beverage service across Travis County over the New Years weekend. Starting on Thursday at 10:30 p.m. through Sunday at 6 ...

Cruise ship docks, Navajo Nation, veterans vaccinated: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: Residents at Alabama’s four state veterans homes were set to receive COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Tuesday. The arrival of the vaccine is a bright spot amid a record-setting surge in COVID-19 cases. Alabama ranked sixth in the United States for the most new cases per capita in the past 14 days. Alabama’s vaccine plan h...

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Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott spelled out Austins start to the new year in no uncertain terms: "It appears we are going to enter 2021 in a state of emergency," said Escott at a Dec. 28 press conference. "In the next several weeks, we may run out of hospital beds, we may run out of ICU beds, and it could happen a lot sooner than that – as early as a week to two weeks from now." The dire warning is one of many from local health officials amid...

The orders come as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in the Austin area.