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FILE - In this June 29, 2020 file photo, empty tables are shown at the closed West Alabama Icehouse in Houston. The economic damage in Texas from the coronavirus pandemic has left a nearly $1 billion deficit in the state budget as the nation's energy capital remains hampered by a slow recovery and a half-million fewer jobs than a year ago. The forecast Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, by state officials is far brighter than bleaker projections last summer when Republican Comptroller Glenn Hegar estimated that the shortfall could be four times as worse. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip File)

Pandemic leaves Texas with $1B deficit as virus still surges

By Paul J. Weber Jan. 11, 2021 12:35 PM EST

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CHARLESTON REMOVES CALHOUN STATUE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The historic South Carolina city of Charleston removed a symbol of its legacy...

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 photo, a woman sweeps a nearly empty parking lot in downtown El Paso, Texas, as seen from the office building of Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. Traffic slowed in the city after sweeping measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. After closing her office to in-person visits, Escobar held a virtual town hall for constituents to ask questions about government's response to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

'Strong' after shooting, El Paso now vulnerable to virus

By Cedar Attanasio May. 23, 2020 10:05 AM EDT