by Daryl Slusher | Jul 9, 2020 | Coronavirus
by Bismarck D. Andino Rosibel, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, has a kidney condition she can no longer afford to have treated since she lost her job as hotel maid due to the COVID-19 outbreak. “I’m in debt with the hospital right now because I was admitted...
by Daryl Slusher | Jul 7, 2020 | Austin Elections
by Daryl Slusher It is very difficult to focus on any other local news when one keeps seeing Austin Mayor Steve Adler on national news shows warning that Austin is within 10 days to two weeks of overrunning local intensive care units with Covid patients. It’s an...
by Daryl Slusher | Jun 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Since my last column Texas Governor Greg Abbott actually took some moves to slow, and even rollback, “reopening” in Texas. He closed bars again, delayed further phases of reopening, and even acknowledged in at least one television interview that he... by Daryl Slusher | Jun 28, 2020 | True Stories
Photo by Morning Brew on Unsplash by Bismarck D. Andino AUSTIN, TEXAS — Early voting starts June 29 and ends July 10 for the July 14 runoffs in Texas. Polls will be closed, however, on Friday July 3 and Saturday July 4. In observance to the Fourth of... by Daryl Slusher | Jun 25, 2020 | Coronavirus
Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering The story below marks the first of a series of Austin Independent articles on the wages, working and living conditions of essential workers and other workers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Some of...
