Texas Tribune Brief

Texas has the highest share of uninsured residents of any state, with nearly 18% of people lacking health coverage, and many are unable to take paid sick leave from work. Experts say that makes it harder to contain an outbreak.

The newest patient is a Frisco man in his 30s who recently traveled to California.

Roughly 90 Texans are among the passengers heading to Lackland Air Force Base from a ship that had 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19. In Fort Bend County, officials have reported three new travel-related cases.

The Texas Democratic Party released delegate counts Wednesday evening based on unofficial election results. Texas doles out 228 delegates in the state's Democratic primary election.

Biden had trailed in the polls leading up to election day, which pointed to Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner.

Voters in Houston, in Dallas and at Texas State University reported facing wait times that extended past two hours after polls closed.

The San Antonio patient is back in quarantine, and local health officials are working to identify who they came into contact with.

The Houston university said it's making the move out of an abundance of caution.

Abbott has long opposed extending state-funded health coverage to 1.5 million Texans under the Affordable Care Act. But a spokesman for the governor did not rule out a possible coverage expansion under a new Trump administration block grant policy.

The lawsuit takes aim at towns that have declared themselves "sanctuary cities for the unborn."