Author: Jishnu Nair

Redistricting is one of the items on the third special session, and the state Senate released proposed maps on Sept. 18.

After setting a record high of active cases in early September, Montgomery County has reported decreases, although ICU bed usage remains high.

Montgomery County Food Bank’s president and CEO talks about how the food bank weathered storms of all kinds in the past year.

“[The COVID-19 outbreak] is coming at the worst time for us because it’s a bad distemper year,” MCAS Assistant Director Mark Wysocki said. “Either of those are a bit of managerial work. Together it’s a managerial nightmare.”

Cpl. Lonnie Bruce Harrison was one of 46 winners of the award, which Gov. Greg Abbott personally presented to him in Austin.

The inaugural festival will feature over 40 shows with artists of various genres.

A change in how the federal government distributes the monoclonal antibody treatment means a change for regional antibody centers administering treatments.

The governor held a briefing where he also provided an update to the state’s response to the storm.

With flooding anticipated in the Greater Houston area due to Tropical Storm Nicholas, the San Jacinto River Authority and the Coastal Water Authority lowered the levels of Lake Conroe and Lake Houston, respectively.

The district announced the closure would begin Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. as hazardous weather sweeps into the area.