Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas counties can allow bars to reopen. Only 1 of the state's 10 biggest

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Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas counties can allow bars to reopen. Only 1 of the state's 10 biggest counties has said it will.

by Juan Pablo Garnham and Stacy Fernández, Texas Tribune


The day after Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas counties could allow bars to reopen, only one of the state’s 10 most-populous counties — Denton — has decided to take him up on the offer.

Meanwhile, the state’s two largest counties are keeping bar doors closed for now, and several other counties are trying to determine whether reopening is safe at this point during the pandemic.

On Wednesday, Abbott announced that bars could reopen for in-person service at 50% capacity as early as next week, but each county government must first opt in through the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Almost immediately, Dallas and Harris counties declined.

In an interview Thursday with The Texas Tribune, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said his decision was based on where the county stood on its color-coded risk-level charts, as well as what scientific advisers said.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/08/dallas-harris-texas-bars-reopening/

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1. Thanks for nothing Greg.

KLEIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Klein ISD is dealing with a COVID-19 cluster after 31 cases were reported at a high school.

The district's COVID-19 dashboard shows that as of Friday at 6 a.m. at Klein Oak High School, there are 28 active student cases and three active staff cases.