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Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has launched the Texas Rent Relief Program — the first statewide rent and utility assistance program for qualifying households throughout Texas. This program has been created to administer the more than $1 billion allocated to Texas through the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus bill. TDHCA will begin accepting applications for the program on Monday, February 15th, but Texans can visit TexasRentRelief.com starting today to learn more about qualifications, required documents, and the applica...

Ron Wright, GOP congressman, dies following Covid-19 diagnosis CNN 2/8/2021 By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN © Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, takes his seat for the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "NATO at 70: An Indispensable Alliance" on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas has died, his congressional office announced in a statement Monday, saying that he had been admitted to the hospital after contracting Covid-19. "Congressman Ron Wright passed away peacefully at the age of 67 on Feb. 7, 2021. His wife S...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) " Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who had lung cancer and was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, has died, his office said Monday. He was 67. Wright died Sunday, spokesman Matt Langston said. He said he didn't know the cause of death, but the two-term congressman and his wife, Susan, had been admitted to a Dallas hospital in the previous two weeks after contracting COVID-19. Wright announced shortly after being sworn in for a new term that he

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, an Arlington Republican, has died. His campaign staff announced the news Monday. Wright had lived for years with cancer

Arlington Republican had COVID-19 and was also battling lung cancer Waxahachie Daily Light U.S. Congressman Ron Wright, who continued to represent Ellis County in Washington despite his battle with stage-4 lung cancer, died Sunday night of complications from COVID-19. He was 67. Wright’s spokesperson confirmed Wright’s death Monday morning. Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die of COVID-19, although a congressman-elect, Republican Luke Letlow of Louisiana, died of the disease days before his swearing-in. “Congressman Wright will be remembered as a constitutional conserva...