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Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott's ban
BY BRIAN LOPEZ at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 10, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates in schools violates the Americans with Disabilities Act — freeing local officials to
Majority of Texans support COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates, UT/TT poll says
BY BETHANY IRVINE at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 9, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A majority of Texas voters support requiring masks at schools and indoor public places and allowing businesses to require their employees to be vaccinated, according to a
Unvaccinated Texans make up vast majority of COVID-19 cases and deaths this year, new state data shows
BY KAREN BROOKS HARPER at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 8, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. New data from the Texas health department released Monday proves what health officials have been trying to tell vaccine-hesitant Texans for months: The COVID-19 vaccine dramatically
Vaccination slots filling up as Texas children ages 5-11 receive first COVID-19 vaccines
BY JAMES POLLARD at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 4, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For months, Pearland realtor Gerald Hatter had been anxiously waiting on news that her 11-year-old daughter Bella Hatter would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday,
White House says big businesses must mandate vaccines or require testing by Jan. 4, regardless of what states like Texas say
BY MITCHELL FERMAN at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 4, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Companies with more than 100 employees will have to ensure their workers are vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested weekly for the virus under
Abortion providers and gun rights advocates are “strange bedfellows” in fight to strike down Texas’ new abortion law
BY REESE OXNER AND JAMES BARRAGÁN at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 2, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Abortion-rights advocates have found an unexpected ally in their fight to overturn Texas’ controversial abortion law: gun rights advocates, fearful that the same novel mechanism employed
Young Texans can soon get vaccinated against COVID-19 after CDC signs off on Pfizer shots for kids 5-11
BY KAREN BROOKS HARPER at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 2, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas kids ages 5-11 will start getting their first COVID-19 vaccine injections this week after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Tuesday approved
Texas’ abortion restriction law cut procedures by half in September, study finds
BY NEELAM BOHRA at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 2, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of abortions performed in Texas plummeted by half in September, which is the month the state’s new abortion law restricting the procedure went into effect,
