Texas’ Coronavirus Abortion Ban Back in Effect

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus abortion ban is back in place thanks to an emergency stay from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The stay, according to the court, was issued so that it can give full consideration to an emergency appeal from the Texas attorney general. The ban…

DFW Goes Plumb Crazy During COVID-19 Crisis

Advice from DFW plumbers during the COVID-19 crisis: stop flushing weird stuff down the toilet. Because of our bizarre, virus-fueled run on toilet paper, many area residents are being forced to resort to alternative options. Kleenex. Wet wipes. Paper towels. Napkins. No reports yet of leaves or corn cobs, but…

Abortion Still Legal in Texas After Judge Slaps Paxton, Abbott

Despite Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s best efforts to make hay while the coronavirus spreads, abortion remains as legal in Texas as it was before the virus hit, following a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. A little more than a week ago,…

Your Dallas Coronavirus Update for Monday, March 30

State and federal officials are setting up a pop-up hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas to help expand the number of hospital beds available as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to grow. During a news conference Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott said the…

Meanwhile in Granbury: A Nurse Says She Was Fired for Wearing a Mask

There’s a crisis within the coronavirus crisis hitting hospitals and medical facilities around the country. Personal protective equipment — the gloves, masks and gowns needed to protect front-line healthcare workers — is in short supply in many U.S. hospitals. Private companies and nonprofits are pitching in, trying to get the…

Volunteers Sew Hospital Masks to Help Combat Shortage

Like many people, Rachael Wilkins has spent a lot of time lately reading the news and feeling like things are spinning out of control. The number of reported cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, ticks up each day, both nationwide and in North Texas. Schools are…

Abortion Rights Groups Sue Texas Over Coronavirus Abortion Ban

If you’re looking for some normalcy during the novel coronavirus pandemic, here it is: Texas, now as has been for the last decade, is getting sued over an abortion restriction. This time, no big surprise, it’s Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on all abortions that don’t save the would-be mother’s life,…

Unemployment Skyrockets in Texas Amid Coronavirus Closures

More than 155,000 Texans filed for unemployment last week as businesses across the state shut down as a part of a massive public health effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. That total, which was reported Thursday morning by the U.S. Department of Labor, is equal to about…

3 SMU Students Test Positive for Coronavirus

Three students at Southern Methodist University have tested positive for COVID-19, university officials said Wednesday. The students tested positive for the disease, which is caused by the novel coronavirus, after leaving the area for spring break, SMU President R. Gerald Turner said in a letter to students and faculty Thursday…

Dallas County Jail Hit With First Positive Coronavirus Test

An inmate at the Dallas County Jail has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday morning. The inmate is no longer housed at the jail, according to the sheriff’s department. No further information was immediately available about how the person who tested positive came in…

COVID-19 Is Not Like the Flu. Not in Dallas County. Not Anywhere.

The thought is a lot like the novel coronavirus itself. Dangerous, malicious and hard to stymie. The coronavirus isn’t that bad, it starts out. It’s just another kind of flu, maybe a little nasty, but not that dangerous. It’s ridiculous that we’re all having to stay inside. You hear it…

Dan Patrick’s Coronavirus Solution? Kill Granny.

Coronavirus isn’t the real threat to the American economy. At least, not according to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The real threat to the American economy is Granny. Your granny, our grannies, everybody’s granny. If they’d just stop being so sensitive, we could all go back outside, according to the…

Lockdown: Tarrant, Collin* Counties Order Residents to Shelter in Place

Tarrant and Collin counties issued their own shelter-in-place orders Tuesday morning. Tarrant County’s is lot like Dallas County’s. Collin County’s has a hole in it big enough to drive a truck through. Dallas and Tarrant counties’ orders require residents to stay home unless they are working at an essential business.