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This was Texas' first weekend without Covid-19 limits. Here's how it went for business owners | Dallas Weekly

(CNN) - For about a year, Texas businesses have done whatever they could to stay afloat. As Covid-19 ravaged the state and the country, they pivoted to takeout service, operated their dining rooms at reduced capacities and required masks for their employees and their customers, all according to state rules. Last week they were finally given the chance to return to normal, […]

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