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Read so far Highlights Posted in: It’s a new year, but the news out of the capital continues to focus on COVID-19. Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted last week that “a significant portion of vaccines distributed across Texas might be sitting on hospital shelves as opposed to being given to vulnerable Texans. The state urges vaccine providers to quickly provide all shots. We get plenty more each week.” Many health providers and county health department officials responded that they were working as quickly as they could to give shots to front-line...

AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott announced Dec. 31, 2020 that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will provide approximately $204 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recipients will also see an additional 15 percent increase in

Bell County registered a single-day COVID-19 case increase of 232 on Tuesday, as active infections spiked to 2,441, a local health official said. “Today we have 14,019 total cases with 11,578 recoveries … 672.6 per 100,000 people is our current incidence rate,” Bell County Public Health District Director Amanda Robison-Chadwell said. Robison-Chadwell has previously emphasized how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a region with an incidence rate of over 200 to be in a “red zone.” Bell County’s last COVID-19 related fatality was announced on ...

Emergency SNAP benefits extended for January 2021 (Source: Pexels.com) By Carrie Provinsal | December 31, 2020 at 1:32 PM CST - Updated January 4 at 1:43 AM AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Gov. Abbott announced Thursday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will provide approximately $204 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recipients will also see an additional 15 percent increase in their total benefits in January due to recently passed fe...