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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
University of North Texas names health school president Michael Williams sole finalist for system chancellor
BY KATE MCGEE 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. The University of North Texas Board of Regents unanimously approved Michael Williams, current president of the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, as the sole finalist
A former professor files free speech lawsuit against Collin College over tweets about Mike Pence
BY KATE MCGEE at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 28, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A year ago, Texas history professor Lora Burnett fired off an angry tweet from her private social media account about then-vice president Mike Pence. It landed during
Enrollment at Texas’ public universities inches ahead of community colleges for the first time since 1990s
BY KATE MCGEE at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 22, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of students attending Texas’ community colleges dropped below enrollment in the state’s four-year universities for the first time since the 1990s as many two-year schools
