Category: COVID-19

Bonnen raised the idea in a letter earlier this month to Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

If this bizarre season in the history of our planet has taught us anything, it’s that we still need one another. The risks associated with contact mean we’re more reliant on each other than ever before. In a word, each of us needs to remember that the actions I choose today have consequences to those I interact with tomorrow.

Parks were reopened today with some significant restrictions. You can’t be with anyone who isn’t your family member. You can’t be in groups larger than five. You must be social-distancing. You need to be wearing masks.

While urging Texans to keep taking precautions, Abbott says some medical procedures and state park visits can resume next week – with stores able to begin ‘to go’ service April 24.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders Friday that outline how to reopen the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reopening will happen in phases, Abbott said, and will be guided by data and doctors.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday, April 17, 2020, announced initial steps to reopen the Texas economy during the coronavirus pandemic, including those that in the next week will loosen surgery restrictions at medical facilities, allow all retail stores to provide product pickups and reopen state parks.

Originally published April 17, 2020, by Eleanor Dearman, El Paso Times. AUSTIN — Texas will begin reopening its economy in stages after weeks of being shutdown as

Three new Executive Orders to begin the process of reopening the state of Texas while revising hospital capacity and certain social distancing guidelines.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced the formation of a special panel to advise him on reopening businesses in Texas.

Governor Greg Abbott announced that all public and private schools in the state will remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

Gov. Abbott told KVUE in a live interview on April 10 that any plan to reopen businesses in Texas must include strategies to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Governor Greg Abbott announced all Texas schools will be closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year Friday — just one part of his announcement to reopen the Texas economy.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced initial steps to reopen the Texas economy during the coronavirus pandemic, including those that in the next week will loosen surgery restrictions at medical facilities, allow all retail stores to provide product pickups and reopen state parks.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced his plan to begin opening back up the Texas economy Friday, a multi-tiered approach spearheaded by the governor’s handpicked Strike Force to Reopen Texas.

Under the direction of Governor Abbott, with the advice of the Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, Attorney General, and Texas Comptroller:

The Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas will safely and strategically restart and revitalize all aspects of the Lone Star State—work, school, entertainment, and culture.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced executive orders Friday that will ease some of the most severe restrictions imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Tilman Fertitta, Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ Ingvale and Kendra Scott are among the dozens chosen for the special advisory council.

By Friday, April 24, all retail stores in the state will be allowed to operate as a “retail-to-go”. Retail stores will operate similar to restaurants that have been doing takeout service since restrictions went into effect in March.

Under the direction of Governor Abbott, with the advice of the Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, Attorney General, and Texas Comptroller: The Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas will safely and strategically restart and revitalize all aspects of the Lone Star State—work, school, entertainment, and culture.

Within the orders, select activities and services that pose minimal to no threat of spreading COVID-19 are allowed to reopen using a “Retail-To-Go” model, certain restrictions on surgeries have been loosened, and schools will remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.

Citing a semi-flattened curve of novel coronavirus cases in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced three new executive orders during a Friday press conference outlining the process of re-opening the state’s economy.

Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference where he issued three new executive orders to begin the process of reopening the state of Texas while revising hospital capacity and certain social distancing guidelines.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice transferred at least 128 COVID-19 positive inmates to two units in Brazoria County without warning local officials, a move that has angered both County Judge Matt Sebesta and Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen.

Gov. Abbott creates strike force, eases medical restrictions and more in plan to slowly reopen Texas

Friday on The Chad Hasty Show Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen joined the broadcast to talk about the COVID-19 crisis and it’s devastating wake in Texas.