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1/ From east to west, the Panhandle to the border, our nonprofit newsroom is helping Texans navigate this pandemic.

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2/ Here’s a sampling of the Texas stories we’ve told these last two months: @emmaplatoff has featured West Texas, where volunteers are making medical supplies and amateur pilots are delivering them to remote hospitals. bit.ly/3ca7sTj

3/ @alexazura followed the food supply chain to Cactus, Texas — where she found a workforce of migrants risking their lives to keep a meatpacking plant going. bit.ly/2xpWU30

4/ In big cities like Houston, @ewaltersTX showed that the pandemic has exposed gaps in support for former foster youth like Montoya Thomas.

She is trying to navigate the new normal with less support. bit.ly/2Wn4JPk

5/ We’ve also told stories of rural areas like Donley County, where the county judge is the local doctor and has worked tirelessly with his community to get ahead of the pandemic.
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6/ We’ve talked to people like Santa Fe resident Carly Eaves, who told @jpgarnham that she had to borrow money from her relatives to get her power turned back on. bit.ly/2YooYix

7/ And we’ve spoken with Texas lawmakers like State Rep. Michelle Beckley, D-Carrollton, and State Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, who told @cassi_pollock about their own challenges while navigating the pandemic. bit.ly/35uiDn1

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