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Texas city and county leaders ask Gov. Greg Abbott for authority to implement local stay-at-home orders

Health care workers collect coronavirus tests at a drive-thru site in the Fifth Ward in Houston. Photo credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune

At the beginning of the pandemic, local officials across the state implemented stay-at-home orders for their regions. But now, with cases across Texas’ metros surging, those leaders say Abbott has stripped them of the authority to reinstate the same measures.

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Want a coronavirus test in Texas? You may have to wait for hours in a car.

Starting from the bottom right corner, a line of cars snakes through the parking lot at Hancock Center in Austin while waiting for COVID-19 tests at the Community Care clinic. Some patients reported four hour wait times. June 25, 2020.

Months into the pandemic, demand for coronavirus tests is soaring. Texans report problems with almost every facet of the testing process, starting with the glitching websites and unanswered phone lines used to schedule appointments, and extending to long lags before test results come back.

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