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Texas Couple Charged Almost $4,000 for Two Covid Tests Before Vacation

Be careful when getting tested for Covid as major price gouging is going on just like what happened to this couple out of Austin, Texas.

Billy Jenkins

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Halts Production After Covid Outbreak

Over 50 crew members reportedly tested positive.

Claire Epting

People From California, New York and Chicago Are Flooding Into Texas

Texas is growing, and it's growing so much that the state has reclaimed the title of the number one growth state in America. It's a title Texas had from 2016 to 2018, before dropping behind Florida in 2019 and Tennessee in 2020. But once again, Texas is king and the number one growth state in the United States...

Chad Hasty

Abbott To Sue The Biden Administration To Protect Texas National Guard

It may be a new year, but that doesn't mean the State of Texas is done suing the Biden Administration. On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he would be suing the Biden Administration over Biden's COVID-19 mandates that impact the National Guard...

Chad Hasty

Chris Lane Tests Positive for the Omicron COVID-19 Variant

So far, the singer says, his wife Lauren and their baby boy haven't gotten sick.

Carena Liptak

Texas Launches Hotline For Employees To Report Illegal Vaccine Mandates

Vaccine mandates in Texas aren't supposed to be happening and now the Texas Workforce Commission is reaching out to Texas employers reminding them that vaccine mandates are illegal and that they can not be imposed on an employee who qualifies for an exemption for personal, religious, or medical reasons...

Chad Hasty

Video: Meet the Unluckiest Girl at Texas Tech

One unlucky Texas Tech student shared a sad but hilarious TikTok naming every illness she had during her freshman year living in the dorms.

Chrissy

Construction Set to Begin This Month on Texas Border Wall, Says Gov. Abbott

Listen to Governor Greg Abbott discuss construction of the border wall and if a special session is needed on vaccine mandates.

Chad Hasty

Covenant Health Refuses to Say How Many Employees Aren’t Vaccinated

Is Lubbock going to have a major health-worker crisis on its hands in December and at the beginning of the new year?

Chad Hasty

Covenant Health System Implements COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

On Wednesday, November 17th, the Covenant Health System announced that all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4th, 2022.

Jacob Coats

Texas Woman Allegedly Shoves Flight Attendant, Faces 20 Years In Jail

A Houston-area woman is facing serious charges from an incident that occurred on an airline in June, and yes this is yet another case that allegedly because of the mask mandate that has been in effect for air travel for much of the year...

Chad Hasty

New Drugstore Vaccinations More Pleasant Than You Think

I thought getting my COVID-19 booster was going to be a pain, but it ended up being as cool as an experience as getting a shot can be.

Wes