Image: Attorney General William Barr, center, stands in Lafayette Park across from the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). The United States Department of Justice, which Barr heads, successfully obtained four […]
Image: The Board of Directors of MTX Group, Inc., based in Albany, New York, which received a $295.2 million contract from the Texas Department of State Health Services to implement digital contact tracing throughout the State of Texas in order to identify with whom individuals have been in contact to prevent the spread of the […]
Image: A poster from George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Austin, May 28 – Is contact tracing the death of privacy in the United States or is it a public health necessity? This article begins a seven-part series on contact tracing, a program, which Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced during a […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Austin, May 8 – On Thursday, May 7, in response to Dallas County 14th District Judge Eric Moye’s ruling to jail Dallas hair salon owner for seven (7) days for violating the Governor’s Executive Order mandating the closure of hair salons as part of the government’s COVID-19 panic, […]
DALLAS (AP) — Texas’ Republican governor and top law enforcement officer on Wednesday came to the defense of a Dallas hair salon owner who was jailed for keeping her business open in defiance of the governor’s restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Shelley Luther was booked in the Dallas County jail on […]
Image: State Representative Mayes Middleton, Republican of Houston, is Chairman of the Texas House of Representatives Freedom Caucus. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe and Austin, May 7 – The Freedom Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives and State Representative Steve Toth, Republican of Conroe, have called upon Governor Greg Abbott and the 87th […]
Image: State Representative Steve Toth, Republican of Conroe, courageously got a haircut at Tune Up on F.M. 1488 yesterday morning. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, May 5 – State Representative Steve Toth, Republican of Conroe, courageously got a haircut at Tune Up on F.M. 1488 yesterday morning. Surprisingly, Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson chose […]
Image: Gabrielle Schmees, 29, and Diego Grassano, 31, kiss wearing protective masks on the day of their wedding at the Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park on Monday, April 27, 2020, in Houston. Because of COVID-19, the couple decided to postpone their official wedding and have a small one at the Waterwall Park until December when they […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Rockwall, April 24 – State Senator Bob Hall, Republican of Rockwall, the holder of the strongest conservative voting record in the Texas Senate during the 86th Legislative Session, called upon Texas Governor Greg Abbott to reopen Texas and to take fourteen (14) specific actions in order to bring an end […]
BREAKING NEWS! The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Austin, April 17 – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced this afternoon that he has issued three (3) Executive Orders to begin to allow Texas businesses to reopen as long, as they follow certain guidelines and procedures, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Governor Abbott will permit the reopening of Texas […]
