Texas News Amid White House Pressure, Second Texas Lockdown Unlikely KWBU | By Texas Standard Published December 2, 2020 at 3:25 PM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:50 Michael Minasi/KUT A candlelight vigil in late October honoring the 450 Travis County residents who had died by that time from COVID-19. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants local officials to better enforce restrictions already available to them through the state.