Texas bars want to reopen this Friday, May 15

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HOUSTON — Texas bars are asking for permission to reopen for business starting this Friday.

Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t agreed and still hasn’t said when or how bars, taverns and night clubs might be allowed to operate again.

The darkened watering holes that line the streets in Houston’s Midtown represent a portion of more than $500 million in lost revenue across the state, according to the Texas Restaurant…