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Ken Gregorski, Katy ISD superintendent
Katy ISD hiring as it faces staffing shortage caused in part by COVID-19 cases
The Katy Independent School District has sent a letter to parents and staff acknowledging both staffing shortages and a growing number of COVID-19 cases as school resumed Jan. 4. more
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The COVID-19 Omicron variant has claimed its first Harris County resident.
Harris County reports its first Omicron death
The COVID-19 Omicron variant has claimed its first Harris County resident. more
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has established a task force to ensure music lovers are safe at concerts after a Nov. 5 tragedy occurred at NRG stadium during the Astroworld Festival.
Capital Highlights: Task force on concert safety formed and 4 other Texas-sized issues
Gov. Greg Abbott last week announced the formation of a task force on concert safety after at least nine people were killed and hundreds injured at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Nov. 5. … more
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State officials in Austin have awarded about $26 million in grants to community colleges across Texas.
Young appointed to TX Supreme Court and 6 other Texas-sized issues
Evan Young, a former clerk to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has been appointed to the Texas Supreme Court by Gov. Greg Abbott. He will replace Justice Eva Guzman, who resigned in … more
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The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was recently approved for use on children ages 5 to 11.
KISD and Randall's partner to offer optional COVID-19 vaccine to younger students
Katy Independent School District announced that Randall’s Pharmacy will offer a series of optional COVID-19 vaccinations opportunities for students ages 5 to 11 at the District’s … more
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Nurses talk to 10-year-old Miranda Morales after she received her first dose of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston on Nov. 3, 2021.
Vaccination slots filling up as Texas children ages 5-11 receive first COVID-19 vaccines
For months, Pearland realtor Gerald Hatter had been anxiously waiting on news that her 11-year-old daughter Bella Hatter would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, one day after the … more
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Partisan districting efforts combined with attempts to balance population numbers in Texas congressional districts have led to oddly shaped districts such as State Senator Joan Huffman’s (R-Houston) 17th district which is vaguely shaped like an upside-down question mark. The combination also leads to accusations of gerrymandering – the practice of setting districts up to intentionally favor one party or to exclude voting blocs by examining voting patterns such as those of minorities.
Third special session focuses on redistricting, and 5 other Texas-sized issues
The Texas Legislature convened Monday for its third special session with the focus on redrawing political boundaries for House and Senate districts, as well as for the state’s congressional … more
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Texas A&M students gathered Tuesday to demand more mandatory COVID-19 precautions on the College Station campus. School leaders have said they’re limited in what they can require. University leaders have encouraged mask-wearing and getting vaccinated, but they say Gov. Greg Abbott has prevented them from requiring either.
After A&M student died from COVID-19, students and faculty rally for safety precautions
The death of a 20-year-old Texas A&M University student from COVID-19 last week spurred fear, frustration and sadness on the College Station campus. In the days since the biomedical science major … more
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced last week that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries will continue to receive an additional $95 per month in food support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture via HHSC.
Abbott calls third special session for Sept. 20, and 5 other Texas-sized issues
Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine … more
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Just weeks into the school year, dozens of Texas school districts have had to close due to COVID-19 cases. Caseloads have left districts scrambling when many have said they have fewer tools at their disposal to combat the spread of the virus.
At least 45 districts shut down in-person classes due to COVID-19 cases
At least 45 small school districts across Texas have been forced to temporarily stop offering in-person classes as a result of COVID-19 cases in the first few weeks of the new school year, according … more
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Texas Medical Center Hospitals such as the Memorial Hermann Hospital System are reporting that they are overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases. However, data from the TMC indicates a possible reduction in upcoming cases. The effective reproduction rate, which is ideally less than 1.0, is at 0.65 as of Aug. 29 but was at 1.04 last week. Concurrently, 14.9% of COVID-19 tests are positive, matching the prior week’s test rate for Sunday.
Capital Highlights: Elections bill passes House along party lines and 4 other Texas-sized issues
The Texas House approved an elections bill Friday along party lines with 21 Democrats declining to participate. The bill, slightly different from previously passed Senate legislation, now heads a … more
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A special meeting of the Katy ISD Board of Trustees will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 30 to discuss the district's return to school plans amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing related legal battles.
KISD Board of Trustees to hold special meeting Monday evening to discuss COVID-19 protocols
The Katy ISD Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday evening to discuss the district’s Safe Return to School Plan and hear an update on statewide legal proceedings … more
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Proponents of Senate Bill 15 have largely touted it as a measure with enough guardrails to make sure students succeed while learning remotely and to help those who might fall through the cracks. The bill, which would provide funding through September 2023, needs final approval from the House before it heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
TX House works to fund limited virtual learning options as return to normal thwarted by delta variant
After months in limbo, Texas lawmakers took a step toward expanding and funding virtual learning as the pandemic still proves a threat to families not yet comfortable sending their children back to … more
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The last of the extended assistance will be given through the week ending Sept. 11, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Thursday. The Texas Workforce Commission announced that the U.S. Department of Labor notified the commission that the state’s unemployment rate fell below the threshold needed to continue the benefits.
Extended unemployment benefits for jobless Texans to end in September
Texas will soon stop paying extended benefits because of a decline in the state’s unemployment rate, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Thursday. The state has historically given … more
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Dave DeJohn, a teacher at Yates High School, gets vaccinated by pharmacist Ilana Druker at Houston Independent School District’s Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. Harris County is now offering $100 incentives for people to get their first shot. Other city and county governments in Texas are offering incentives to unvaccinated people to get a shot. Statewide, vaccination rates have increased modestly.
Harris Co. saw a sixfold jump in vaccine rates after offering $100 for first doses
A week after public health officials in Texas’ most populous county started handing out $100 cash cards to locals getting their first COVID-19 shot, the number of daily vaccinations has shot up … more
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Medical staff from hospital systems across Greater Houston, including the Katy area are saying they are exhausted as yet another wave of COVID-19 swamps emergency rooms and intensive care units across the region.
Memorial Hermann closes 3 stand-alone ERs in Greater Houston
Memorial Hermann announced Monday that due to the continued COVID-19 surge and the strain on the hospital system’s operations, it was closing three of its 24-hour emergency rooms at 5 p.m. … more
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Work is once again underway as the Texas House has established a quorum for its special session after House Democrats prevented a quorum in protest of a proposed elections bill they say will disenfranchise many Texas voters.
Delta variant continues to spur COVID-19 case rise, and 3 other Texas-sized issues
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the state continues to rise steeply, with 125,033 reported in the past week, along with 937 deaths. New cases in Texas were up 27% compared to the previous week … more
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Congressman Troy Nehls speaks during a 2019 event when he was still sheriff of Fort Bend County. Nehls has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last few days and is isolating at home with what he described as moderate symptoms.
Nehls diagnosed with COVID-19
Congressman Troy Nehls, R – Texas, of Texas’s 22nd Congressional District, announced Saturday that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 just days after being near a family member who had a … more
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Fifth graders at Jacob’s Well Elementary School in Wimberley perform a reading exercise on their laptops in 2020.
After local Texas officials defy his ban on mask mandates, Abbott begins to clamp down
As Texas students too young to get vaccinated head back to school while the highly contagious delta variant threatens to overflow hospitals, a growing cadre of local government officials have … more
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Dr. Jennifer Shuford, Texas’s chief epidemiologist with the Department of State Health Services, speaks during an Aug. 4 press conference. Over the last week, health officials at the state and county levels have expressed concern about a wave of infections caused primarily by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes the COVID-19 disease. Shuferd said the rapid spread of the virus is the worst she’s seen since the pandemic struck Texas last year.
Officials urge caution in light of Delta variant’s rapid spread
Officials in Fort Bend, Harris and Waller counties as well as at the state level are urging the community to exercise extra caution as data shows the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant spreading rapidly across … more
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