All Texas bars are allowed to reopen for on-site service at 50 percent indoor capacity and with no outdoor limits, as allowed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today, starting Wednesday, October 14. However, it is up to each Texas county judge to opt in to this reopening with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

For Austin, this means that Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe would have to agree to bars reopening in the area. The judge issued a statement that he