Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 04:59 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas school districts will have two new ways of calculating attendance come the fall semester, when many are set to reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.FULL:On Tuesday, the Texas Education Agency announced its two modes of attendance-counting for the 2020-21 school year — and how they will contribute towards state funding.The two new methods to fund remote instruction are:— All participants are present at the same time, live interactive classes— All participants don’t have to be...…Posted: Jun 23, 2020 / 04:59 PM CDTUpdated: Aug 4, 2020 / 01:42 PM CDTAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas school districts will have two new ways of calculating attendance come the fall semester, when many are set to reopen for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.FULL:On Tuesday, the Texas Education Agency announced its two modes of attendance-counting for the 2020-21 school year — and how they will contribute towards state funding.The two new methods to fund remote instruction are:— All participants are present at the same time, live interactive classes— All participants don’t have to be...WW…

Posted: Apr 17, 2020 / 07:31 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 17, 2020 / 10:05 PM CDTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced executive orders Friday that will reopen businesses and state parks, ease surgery restrictions and aim to reduce further spread of COVID-19 in Texas.Abbott at noon from the Texas Capitol.“We’re now beginning to see glimmers that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us,” .The first executive order announced by Abbott creates a statewide strike force to reopen Texas. The strike force includes Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, Attorney General Ken...…Posted: Apr 17, 2020 / 07:31 AM CDTUpdated: Apr 17, 2020 / 10:05 PM CDTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced executive orders Friday that will reopen businesses and state parks, ease surgery restrictions and aim to reduce further spread of COVID-19 in Texas.Abbott at noon from the Texas Capitol.“We’re now beginning to see glimmers that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us,” .The first executive order announced by Abbott creates a statewide strike force to reopen Texas. The strike force includes Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen, Attorney General Ken...WW…

Posted: Jan 10, 2021 / 06:00 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 12, 2021 / 11:48 AM CSTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — In two days, lawmakers from across Texas will come to the State Capitol for the start of the legislative session. The new session comes as the country is still facing the aftermath of Wednesday’s riot in Washington, where mobs forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to temporarily disrupt the certification of the November Presidential election.The events before, during, and after the riot put some Texans in the spotlight.Hours before the violence, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke in Washington at...…Posted: Jan 10, 2021 / 06:00 AM CSTUpdated: Jan 12, 2021 / 11:48 AM CSTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — In two days, lawmakers from across Texas will come to the State Capitol for the start of the legislative session. The new session comes as the country is still facing the aftermath of Wednesday’s riot in Washington, where mobs forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to temporarily disrupt the certification of the November Presidential election.The events before, during, and after the riot put some Texans in the spotlight.Hours before the violence, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke in Washington at...WW…

Treasury, Commerce departments hacked. Pentagon, NASA also potentially compromised.Posted: Dec 13, 2020 / 09:35 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 17, 2020 / 03:34 PM CSTWASHINGTON (AP, KXAN) — Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign. They accessed those networks by slipping malware into a SolarWinds software update, according to the global cybersecurity firm FireEye, which was also compromised.The first phases of this monthslong cyberespionage campaign started in the spring. The malware gave the hackers remote access to victims’...…Treasury, Commerce departments hacked. Pentagon, NASA also potentially compromised.Posted: Dec 13, 2020 / 09:35 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 17, 2020 / 03:34 PM CSTWASHINGTON (AP, KXAN) — Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign. They accessed those networks by slipping malware into a SolarWinds software update, according to the global cybersecurity firm FireEye, which was also compromised.The first phases of this monthslong cyberespionage campaign started in the spring. The malware gave the hackers remote access to victims’...WW…

Posted: Sep 20, 2020 / 10:32 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 20, 2020 / 10:32 AM CDTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — Somehow, Shereda Rawls has managed six months without a paycheck. Rawls lost her job in March then went on unemployment. But her unemployment payments stopped almost as soon as they started.Rawls said her employer filed an appeal with the Texas Workforce Commission, claiming she shouldn’t be qualified for unemployment benefits, and the employer’s account shouldn’t be deducted because of it.The appeal filing stopped her payments.Then, both sides waited for the TWC, which oversees unemployment claims in...…Posted: Sep 20, 2020 / 10:32 AM CDTUpdated: Sep 20, 2020 / 10:32 AM CDTAUSTIN (Nexstar) — Somehow, Shereda Rawls has managed six months without a paycheck. Rawls lost her job in March then went on unemployment. But her unemployment payments stopped almost as soon as they started.Rawls said her employer filed an appeal with the Texas Workforce Commission, claiming she shouldn’t be qualified for unemployment benefits, and the employer’s account shouldn’t be deducted because of it.The appeal filing stopped her payments.Then, both sides waited for the TWC, which oversees unemployment claims in...WW…