Mark Hollis

A recent AARP Texas Bullhorn conversation on Facebook spotlighted end-of-year progress at the federal level toward ensuring older people’s health and financial security.

Providing a snapshot of the anxious mood of a key voter group, 14 women from the Pittsburgh suburbs met Thursday night in an online forum hosted by AARP Pennsylvania and voiced numerous worries, from the endurance of the pandemic and the nation’s economic well being to the bitter tone of the presidential race.

A new AARP dashboard shows how Texas nursing homes are handling the coronavirus pandemic, which could provide state officials with useful insights.

AARP Texas State Director Tina Tran released the following statement on Thursday (Oct. 8) in response to U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s citation of AARP and use of AARP’s logo in a political television ad. Tran said:

A live, hour-long U.S. Senate debate with Cornyn and Hegar will be broadcast from Austin and telecast throughout Texas, starting at 7 p.m. CT Friday, Oct. 9.

AARP Texas Director Tina Tran Statement re DCCC Ad pertaining to a candidate for the 24th Congressional District in Texas.

AARP Texas Statement On Move To Limit Drop-Off Ballot Boxes

Austin Public Health, the city’s primary public health agency, released its new Long-Term Care Facility Dashboard. The tool displays an array of statistics, including the total number of cases and deaths associated with long-term care facilities, a splash of colorful graphs that show the cases for staff and residents by symptom onset date, demographic breakdowns of staff and resident cases, and a list of facility names in the Austin-area with the numbers of COVID-19 cases in each of those facilities.

A listing of free and virtual events that AARP Texas will host in celebration of 2020’s Hispanic Heritage Month, beginning Sept. 15.

AARP Texas is hosting a live, hour-long telephone townhall conversation on Tuesday, Sept. 1, with the Texas Secretary of State’s Office.