Author: Brandon Kraft

The quick two-second report from today: We absolutely need to follow public health advice this weekend. Stay home. Watch fireworks at home. News State of Texas After seeing a number of cases, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department will be testing all staff and juveniles. “High Unemployment” triggers a longer unemployment window. Usually, Texas will give…

Let’s review the month and the quarter, shall we? It’s been a hell of a month and a hell of a quarter. Okay, that’s enough of that. If you’ve been reading along these posts alive in America, you don’t need a summary. Moving on. News Baseball Very minor in the grand scheme of things, Minor…

News A few particular things I wanted to share today. Travis County Parks will be closed this coming Thursday through Tuesday. City of Austin late on Monday announced the same. Virtually all the parks did this around Easter to try to discourage people from gathering. Williamson County itself still won’t mandate businesses to require masks,…

A reminder that tomorrow begins Early Voting for the primary run-off (moved because of the coronavirus) and the State Senate, District 14 special election. The early voting locations are different than usual. My usual early voting spot is the local Fiesta grocery store, but because of the pandemic, Travis County is not using any grocery…

I didn’t scour the web for news today, so will be pretty brief today. State of Texas On the statewide news front, Governor Abbott has waived additional alcohol regulations to allow some bars and restaurants to sell mixed drinks for to-go or delivery orders. Some rules were waived awhile ago that basically allowed restaurants to…

Statewide Big day, so let’s jump right in. Governor Abbott issued GA-27, an executive order “relating to the targeted response to the COVID-19 disaster”. The key points: Bars are now closed (as of Noon today). To-go service is still allowed, so, for example, a brewery can still sell beer for at-home consumption. Restaurants must limit…