(Natural News) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled a series of legislative proposals in a press conference in Dallas on Thursday that would make the state’s penalties for rioters and their organizational and financial backers a lot stronger. One of the proposals includes a mandatory six-month jail sentence for anybody convicted of striking a law enforcement officer. “Today, […]

(Natural News) Staunch Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that cities that cut their police budgets will have their property taxes frozen. The move comes after Austin recently defunded its police department in a misguided attempt to protest against alleged police brutality. On Tuesday, August 18, Abbott outlined a legislative proposal that will discourage cities from cutting […]

(Natural News) Earlier this month, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order mandating the use of masks in Texas. A growing number of county sheriffs, however, have said that they won’t enforce the order, calling it unenforceable and unconstitutional. The sheriffs of nine counties – Upshur, Panola, Nacogdoches, Montgomery, Kerr, Houston, Gregg, Gillespie and Denton – have sworn that they […]

(Natural News) For the U.S. to effectively fight back against the surge in Wuhan coronavirus infections, it needs to make wearing masks mandatory in all 50 states, suggests a medical expert from Harvard University. According to Ashish Jha, director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute, forcing over 300 million Americans to wear face coverings every time they leave their homes – whether or […]

(Natural News) Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott reported Tuesday that the state recorded over 5,000 new Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, setting a record for the largest single-day increase in cases. Abbot did not initially offer an exact number of new cases or tests in total. However, the Texas Department of State Health Services later confirmed that the state had 5,489 new cases and […]

(Natural News) Texas reported a record number of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) hospitalizations Monday. The report comes weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott took the lead in easing social distancing measures to help the state’s economy and alleviate unemployment. Abbott announced the third phase of reopening Texas businesses Wednesday, allowing virtually all businesses to operate at 50 percent […]

(Natural News) Coronavirus cases in Texas are rising every day. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for seven consecutive days. This rate of increase has been happening every day since May 8, according to data gathered from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The state even announced on May […]

(Natural News) Former President Ronald Reagan once observed that Americans are never more than one generation away from tyranny. His deeper meaning, of course, is that our Constitution may be endearing but our liberties and our freedoms must be constantly and jealously guarded, lest they be taken from us. That seems to be happening a […]

(Natural News) One of the leaders and organizers of a North Carolina-based anti-lockdown group that launched protests against the state’s restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has tested positive for the virus, TV station WNCN reported Tuesday. Audrey Whitlock, one of the organizers of ReOpen NC, revealed that she has contracted coronavirus, which has infected 9,000 […]

(Natural News) Shutting down non-essential businesses was one of the best strategies employed by governors early on to control the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and save lives. And Texas was among the first states to impose lockdowns, given its huge population and size. Now, after having successfully bent the infection rate downward, GOP […]