Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says the state’s reopening Friday will be successful as long as there is enough hospital bed capacity to treat COVID-19 cases. Some still have questions about what can reopen. Most theaters say they won’t reopen.
Labor advocates in Texas say unemployment benefits should continue for those who are afraid to return to work for health reasons or because they must care for children or the elderly.
Texas energy regulators plan to vote next week on a measure to cut the state’s oil output. Oil producers are suffering from a worldwide glut of petroleum driving down prices.
Alcohol sales were down 94 percent last month in Harris County. Stay-at-home orders were blamed for the decrease.