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After some Texans recently waited several days to get their COVID-19 test results, officials said turnaround times in some parts of the state have now improved.

The Texas Workforce Commission reports the number of unemployed workers in the state dropped from 5.2% in November 2021 to 5% in December.

While some of the state’s restaurants and bars have dealt with temporary closures or staffing shortages fueled by the COVID-19 variant, others have been relatively unscathed.

Most of Texas has been hit by cold temperatures that could last through Friday.

All over the state, county officials report they’re rejecting hundreds of applications for mail-in ballots, an issue several attribute to recent election law changes championed by state Republicans.

As they continue to deal with staffing shortages and student absences, some smaller Texas school districts are temporarily closing for at least a few days. Several are also taking advantage of the holiday weekend by staying closed through next week.

As they contend with teacher shortages and student absences, some school districts are also facing bus-driver shortages during the current wave of COVID-19.

The Texas General Land Office claims the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has defied a court order to reconsider delisting the Central Texas songbird as an endangered species.

A perfect storm of COVID, blood drive cancellations and the calendar has created a national blood shortage. Here’s how it’s affecting Texas.

Texas’ healthcare system will see the largest surge in coronavirus patients since the onset of the pandemic, according to the University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Modeling Consortium.

Across the state, people are waiting hours in line to get tested and seeing delayed results as cities and counties deal with a testing shortage.

The U.S District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on Monday to block the U.S. Department of Defense from disciplining Navy service members who refused to comply with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.