Staff report

The COVID-19 threat and the response to it is unprecedented in the minds of most living Americans.

One aspect of the crisis, however, is something we’ve seen in the wake of natural disasters like floods and hurricanes. It’s time to be on the lookout for price gouging, the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Federal Trade Commission warned on Monday.

“Price gouging is selling or leasing necessary items at an exorbitant or excessive price,” Hays County ...