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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/05/2020, including: As states plan to reopen, governors and mayors are trying to figure out how to keep the public safe at school and at work.

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/04/2020, including: Roughly half of all U.S. workers stand to earn more in unemployment benefits than they did at their jobs before the coronavirus pandemic shut down wide swaths of the U.S. economy, and employers say the government relief is complicating plans to reopen businesses. One of the big bogeymen that the Wuhan opportunists and enthusiasts are dancing a tiny jig over is the idea that this virus will have a second wave. U.S. Senate returns to work. House does not.

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 05/01/2020, including: “MAGA May Day” freedom rallies are slated to pop up across America Friday, May 1, aimed to send a message to “local and state government tyrants” that it is time to safely and responsibly reopen the country. We are excited to host a Statewide Update for you with our Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar this Thursday, April 30th at 3:00 p.m.! Comptroller Hegar will update us on the financial impact of Coronavirus and the response to it to the state of Texas, and the work he and the rest of our statewide Republican leaders doing to manage through this crisis while protecting Texans’ health and safety.