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Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020. Abbott said that childcare facilities, youth camps, some professional sports, and bars may now begin to fully or partially reopen their facilities as outlined by regulations listed on the Open Texas website. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Texas continues swift reopening, including return of sports

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Groups cross Ocean Boulevard on Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. With hotels, beaches, shopping and restaurants reopening along the Grand Strand, tourist season kicked off this weekend despite coronavirus concerns. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

U.S. turns coronavirus corner on ‘very positive day’

By Dave Boyer, Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces the reopening of more Texas businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Monday, May 18, 2020. Abbott said that childcare facilities, youth camps, some professional sports, and bars may now begin to fully or partially reopen their facilities as outlined by regulations listed on the Open Texas website. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Greg Abbott, Texas governor, opens day care, bars can partially open Friday

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Texas data: 3,000 nursing home residents positive for virus

Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, a detainee talks on the phone in his pod at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga. While much of daily life has ground to a halt to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the Trump administration is resisting calls from immigration judges and attorneys to stop in-person hearings and shutter all immigration courts. They say the most pressing hearings can still be done by phone so immigrants aren't stuck in detention indefinitely. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Activists beg governors to free illegal immigrants from ICE custody during coronavirus

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, a little girl wears a mask at El Rancho grocery store in Dallas, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

More virus testing in Texas prisons, Houston furloughs 3,000

By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON SATURDAY, MAY 9, AND THEREAFTER - In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Sims Bayou South Wastewater Treatment Plant and Sims Bayou are shown during a Houston Parks Board Bayou Greenways 2020 project tour in Houston. City health officials and Rice University scientists have begun testing Houston wastewater samples for COVID-19, a process they hope will reveal the true spread of the new coronavirus as clinical testing continues to lag. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston officials use poop to track the spread of COVID-19

By JASPER SCHERER - Associated Press

Darl Easton, center, from Euless, Texas, holds a sign with as protesters gather to call for the release of jailed salon owner Shelley Luther, in front of the Dallas Municipal Court building in downtown Dallas on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Luther was sentenced to seven days in jail for contempt of court after failing to shut down her business, Salon a la Mode, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Criminal defense attorneys plea for officials to stop throwing virus shutdown violators in jail

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference where he announced he would relax some restrictions imposed on some businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monday, April 27, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Texas Supreme Court orders release of salon owner jailed for violating stay-at-home orders

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Protesters gather to call for the release of jailed salon owner Shelley Luther in front of the Dallas Municipal Court building in downtown Dallas, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Luther was sentenced to several days in jail after failing to shut down her business, Salon a la Mode, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor’s order freed

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his plan to reopen the state's economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Austin. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas governor demands release of salon owner jailed for violating his executive order

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A social distancing sign is posted on the floor near an escalator at The Woodlands Mall Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in The Woodlands, Texas. The mall reopened Tuesday with increased health and safety measures in place.Texas' stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have expired and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has eased restrictions on many businesses that have now opened. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Texas governor eases more rules, defends speed of reopening

By PAUL J. WEBER and JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A sign encouraging physical distancing is displayed at the Arneson Theater along the River Walk in San Antonio, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing stay-at-home orders to expire Thursday, for Texas as he looks to open the state, but San Antonio has extended stay-at-home orders through May 19 and maintains the requirement of wearing a face mask or other face covering when near others. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas’ virus deaths hit single-day high on eve of reopening

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Registered nurse April Lewis, center, prepares to administer a test at a newly opened United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 drive-thru testing site Monday, April 27, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Restaurants, retail to lead Texas’ slow reboot set for May 1

By JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

A bicyclist drinks water before turning away from the closed entrance to the Franklin Mountains State Park on Sunday, April 19, 2020, in El Paso, Texas. Bikers and runners have flouted a city ban on bike trails, part of a &quot;stay at home&quot; order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state parks to reopen Monday with the exception of El Paso, where local officials say the spread of the disease is still too fast. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Governor defends testing levels as Texas begins reopening

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Protesters and fellow officers are reflected the the sun glasses of a state trooper during a rally at the Texas State Capitol to speak out against Texas' handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, in Austin, Texas, Saturday, April 18, 2020. Austin and many other Texas cities remain under stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 outbreak except for essential personal. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas parks set to reopen, but complications are presenting

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks about the state's response to COVID-19 during a news conference on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Texas plans to re-open, but schools closed for rest of the year

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times