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Capital Highlights: Governor, president spotlight actions in pandemic, economic downturn

Capital Highlights: Governor, president spotlight actions in pandemic, economic downturn
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By Ed Sterling

Texas, along with the rest of the nation and the world, continued to battle the COVID-19 pandemic last week as cases and deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus increased.

Gov. Greg Abbott on May 7 met with President Trump in the White House. The president praised Abbott’ leadership in handling the months-long medical emergency and in managing the resulting slowdown of the economy in the Lone Star State.

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