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Font Size On March 2, coincidentally Texas Independence Day, Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced that Texas is open 100 percent and the statewide mask mandate is over! Well, his joy was also over in about .2 seconds after Twitter celebrities, most of whom don’t even live in Texas, came after him feeling personally offended. Abbott felt that Texas made enough progress and was on the right track regarding COVID. He was comfortable removing the state mask mandate and joining the 15 other states without them. Per usual in regard to conservative views, or a conservative lean...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday night said Texas is on a comeback from a pandemic that's killed more than 35,000 people statewide, third-most in the U.S., then pivoted America's biggest red state into a thicket of contentious issues that have roiled the nation during the past year. In his final State of the State address before he is on the ballot for a third term in 2022, Abbott declared calls to "defund the police" an emergency in need of stopping and ordered the GOP majority in the Texas Capitol to prioritize "election integrity" without mentioning there was no evide...

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) -- This week, the oil and gas industry is center stage with federal and state leaders, leaving neighbors in communities that depend on the energy sector anxious. The state's latest jobs report shows 14,000 mining and logging positions, which includes oil and gas, were lost in the Houston area during 2020. One of the hardest hit areas continues to be Baytown, which relies on the oil and gas industry. Baytown's unemployment rate exceeds 16%, which is more than double the Houston area. There's a fear it could get worse after President Joe Biden signed an The order looks to...