Virtual GOP convention reveals party at odds with its governor

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Sunday's Top Story [Virtual GOP convention reveals party at odds with its governor]( [Virtual GOP convention reveals party at odds with its governor]( The Texas Republican Party got its virtual state convention off the ground in fits and starts Saturday, revealing - just as an in-person convention would have - a governing party whose grassroots are at odds with its governor. [Read More »]( Local News [Travis County: 7 new coronavirus deaths, total cases now 17,454]( [Travis County: 7 new coronavirus deaths, total cases now 17,454]( Austin and Travis County health officials on Saturday reported seven new deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the county to 203. 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[Read More »]( Opinion [Opinion: We must denounce hate against Asian Americans]( [Opinion: We must denounce hate against Asian Americans]( As a Chinese American living, working and raising my family in Austin, I have experienced the full continuum of discrimination, from subtle to overt. [Read More »]( [Herman: Texas GOP works toward telling government to back off pandemic response]( [Herman: Texas GOP works toward telling government to back off pandemic response]( Turns out the Texas Republican Party is not at all happy about the current pandemic. [Read More »]( [Opinion: Schools must connect with Black students instead of suspending them]( [Opinion: Schools must connect with Black students instead of suspending them]( The Austin American-Statesman recently published a report showing Austin schools suspend Black students nearly five times as often as white students. 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[Read More »]( [John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80]( [John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80]( ATLANTA (AP) " John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. [Read More »]( [ We really need help : Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon]( [‘We really need help’: Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon]( SALEM, Ore. [Read More »]( World [The Latest: Pope reassures those struggling with virus]( [The Latest: Pope reassures those struggling with virus]( VATICAN CITY " Pope Francis is assuring his closeness to all those grappling with COVID-19 and its 'economic and social consequences.' 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