The Texas Education Agency, the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Gov. Greg Abbott have created a COVID-19 Rapid Testing Pilot Program for school systems in Texas.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has waived the 10-day reporting requirement for 35 counties – including Gregg, Upshur, Rusk, Panola and Harrison – to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which will replace food lost or destroyed by Hurricane Laura.
The Economic Development Administration has released $7.2 million in CARES Act funding to 12 economic development agencies across Texas to provide assistance grants to small businesses to help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic, with the East Texas Council of Governments in Kilgore being awarded $400,000.
The Carthage City Commission held its first virtual meeting, but due to technical difficulties the meeting did not live stream on social media as planned.