Paul J. Weber

We have 2 kids w/ COVID. Here's what @ckecarlton and I want you to know: - Yes, kids can get/transmit COVID. Unreal we are having this conversation. - Quarantining w/ sick kids and healthy kids is logistically impossible. - Wear. A. Mask. https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/with-two-covid-19-positive-sons-arlington-family-faces-greatest-fear/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=OrganicSocial&utm_campaign=CaroltonCOVIDFamily&utm_term=July_2020&utm_content=CaroltonCOVIDFamily&fbclid=IwAR1bfmnJdptvo_yKE23NM6tswHrcDfIOJS-HvQwTi7wuS9iE4FFYUFSHV0Q … @CookChildrens

AP Exclusive: The Trump administration is keeping migrant children as young as 1 in hotels before removing them from the U.S. despite rules requiring most go to government shelters, documents obtained by @AP show.http://apne.ws/U35eUZu 

Whiplash in Texas city that switched from coronavirus outlier to hot spot just as the state prepares to reopen for business. “We don’t know where it’s all spreading,” one store owner in Paris says in declaring plan to stay closed.http://apne.ws/RORcuHD 

Texas' attorney general intervened in the coronavirus policy of a remote Colorado county. Records reviewed by AP show an exclusive group of Texans stood to benefit, including a Dallas donor and college classmate.http://apne.ws/8pgypep 

KATY, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke is livestreaming again. Joe Biden and Julián Castro are making their presence felt. Mike Bloomberg has knocked on doors. On the brink of 2020’s first big contest, it all screams high stakes. Not in Iowa. In Texas.https://apnews.com/f6c742c64b7517fc49551764a406a820 …

Texas will send 1,000 more National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing the total number of Guard members there to 2,000.http://apne.ws/WjCqchQ 

APNewsBreak: A Texas board has asked a company that provides rapid DNA equipment used there and in other states, including California and Kentucky, to halt work amid concerns of potentially jeopardized criminal cases - by @pauljweber.https://apnews.com/2b48f2b8799f4063ba2a7c95bfe1ee95 …

Democratic 2020 presidential candidates shy away from immigration debate.http://apne.ws/SmseGSb 

Texas’ Republican-controlled Legislature has quietly approved funding for a gun storage safety program fiercely opposed by the National Rifle Association. It's now up to GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.http://apne.ws/ZXqwdu2 

Recent fires at chemical facilities near Houston haven't slowed the progress of industry-backed bills in Texas that would, in the view of environmental groups, give oil producers paths to easier permitting and weaker enforcement.http://apne.ws/jj69xEc 

Texas House OKs school finance bill, but tax fight may loom (from @AP) The Republican-led Texas House has approved a bipartisan school finance bill that would pour $9 billion into the state’s public education system.https://apnews.com/75898eb000df4326ba410e8200f4c532 …

Young voter turnout increased in Texas last year but not as much as Democratic presidential candidate @BetoORourke claims on the campaign trail https://apnews.com/2b7e0e287c2444a7a9cb35823f27c515 … @APFactCheck @apwillweissert

Rep. Joaquin Castro ‘seriously’ considering Texas Senate runhttp://apne.ws/gnQvgTT 

Brother: Rep. Joaquin Castro mulling run against Sen. Cornyn (from @AP)https://apnews.com/a9b7660e986f408bbb55e6ed48db70d6 …

An Associated Press review shows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has collected more than $120 million in campaign filings. Does this signal an intention to reach for higher office?http://apne.ws/gUOSg82 

Democrats shift left on top policies as 2020 primary beginshttp://apne.ws/AkyboP4 

A plaque downplaying slavery as a cause of the Civil War will be the first Confederate monument removed from the Texas Capitol since the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.http://apne.ws/2Z8xoKD 

Texas report ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott warns of more intense hurricanes and flooding without using the phrase "climate change."http://apne.ws/ZMWSmHS