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During Coronavirus we must take silver linings where we can. A new study shows during the pandemic, spam phone calls – a non-medical epidemic – have declined 58 percent nationally and Texas ranks No. 37 seeing the largest decrease of any state.

As the nation continues to shelter in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is urging Texans to shop online or practice strict social distancing measures for in-store purchases during the sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies.

Editor’s note: The following news announcements are mainly from the Office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for the week of April 10-16. They have been summarized for space considerations, but the full press releases are available at the Governor’s website.