Every morning, we send you a free email packed with Austin news, business, and entertainment. Join 16,000+ readers who wake up to Austonia's newsletter.
Local news and fun, every day 6am.
Katharine Jose
Katharine Jose is an editor, writer and reporter with 15 years of experience in both traditional print and digital media as well as a masters degree in urban planning from the University of Texas-Austin. She started her career in New York, working for a young Huffington Post before moving to several positions at the Peter Kaplan-era New York Observer. Katharine has written about politics, infrastructure, environment, development, natural disasters, and a variety of other mostly nerdy topics for Planetizen, SOMA, Popmatters, Community Impact Newspaper, The New York Observer, Capital New York, and The New York Times, among other publications. Twitter: @kpjose
Featured
austonia newsletter
Most viewed
Popular
The total count of deaths from COVID-19 in Texas jumped 12% after the state revised its numbers, The Texas Tribune reports:
"The Texas Department of State Health Services is now counting deaths marked on death certificates as caused by COVID-19. Previously, the state relied on local and regional public health departments to verify and report deaths."
Experts have long said that COVID deaths in Texas are undercounted, according to The Tribune.
- Travis County COVID-19 death rate decreasing despite surge ... ›
- Everything we know about COVID-19 in Austin right now - austonia ›
- Two-thirds of Austin COVID-19 deaths are people over 70 - austonia ›
- Austin's COVID-19 case-fatality rate rises slightly - austonia ›
- Everything we know about COVID-19 in Austin right now - austonia ›
- Everything we know about COVID-19 in Austin right now - austonia ›
- Everything we know about COVID-19 in Austin right now ›
- Everything we know about COVID-19 in Austin right now - austonia ›
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election will begin Oct. 13, according to a Monday order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and run through Oct. 30. Early voting was previously set to begin Oct. 19.
In a statement, Abbott cited the ongoing pandemic and the need for social distancing:
"As we respond to COVID-19, the State of Texas is focused on strategies that preserve Texans' ability to vote in a way that also mitigates the spread of the virus," said Governor Abbott. "By extending the early voting period and expanding the period in which mail-in ballots can be hand-delivered, Texans will have greater flexibility to cast their ballots, while at the same time protecting themselves and others from COVID-19."
- 5 things Austin learned about voting in a pandemic - austonia ›
- Federal court 'effectively eliminates' chance of legally voting by mail ... ›
- Travis County streamlines text-based voter registration amid pandemic - austonia ›
- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn faces Round Rock's MJ Hegar for TX seat - austonia ›
- Voting guide: local mobility propositions on the November ballot - austonia ›
- No straight-ticket voting for Texas' 2020 election - austonia ›
- Where to vote early in Travis County in the 2020 election - austonia ›
- Travis County sees high turnout on first day of early voting - austonia ›
- Austin businesses reward you for voting early in Travis County - austonia ›
