HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Every park in Harris County, including the city of Houston, is closed for Easter weekend.
In a major reversal of an earlier position, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the closure of about 380 parks and trails...
Whereas, on March 11, 2020, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo issued a Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency to allow Harris County to take measures to reduce the possibility of exposure to COVID-19 and promote the health...
HOUSTON – First responders never sleep. Even if there is a pandemic.
"We’re first responders. We can’t shut down. We can’t close our doors. We have go to be a 24/7 operation, 365 days a year,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo...
These are challenging times for businesses all over the nation. The Texas Comptroller’s office knows that during periods of economic hardship, paying or remitting taxes and fees on time can feel like an extra burden when there’s so much...
Mayor Sylvester Turner is pushing for more widespread COVID-19 testing before the city of Houston is reopened.
During his visit to the COVID-19 testing site at Delmar Stadium on Saturday, Mayor Turner updated the city of his COVID-19 efforts.
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday ratcheted up travel restrictions into Texas during the new coronavirus pandemic, while announcing the state's first pop-up hospital to deal with the crisis. He also said he was moving to "stop the release of...
The New York Times editorial board is calling for a national lockdown in the U.S. to combat the outbreak of the coronavirus as the growing number of confirmed cases begins to overwhelm health systems in parts of the country.
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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Tuesday extended her stay-at-home order through April 30, as cases of novel coronavirus infections in the Houston area continue to rise.
Hidalgo, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and local hospital leaders say the month-long extension...
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is directing health care authorities to postpone unnecessary surgeries and is trying to maximize hospital rooms as part of two new executive orders he announced on Sunday.
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HOUSTON — Two weeks ago, Houston Methodist Hospital opened a special unit to treat critically ill coronavirus patients. The city had reported only a handful of confirmed cases at that point, but the hospital’s 24-bed coronavirus ICU filled up in only...
