In-person access to “The People’s House” – the Texas Capitol in Austin – and to the 181-members and their staffs who will be part of the 87th Texas Legislature, which returns to work on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, will most likely be restricted for the foreseeable future as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, say two area state lawmakers. Equally important, COVID-19, which as of Wednesday, December 9, 2020, is reported to have killed 23,081 Texans among the 1,283,674 confirmed cases since as early as March 16, 2020, is expected to dramatically limit the number of major legislative proposals that ...