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Mask-mandate ban facing defiance from big-city school districts

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:00am

Resistance is growing to Gov. Greg Abbott’s May executive order that Texas schools can’t require masks, with an advocacy group suing to block the order and some of the state’s biggest districts issuing mask mandates anyway or indicating they want to.

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Lawmaker relationships fray as Texas Dems’ quorum bust to block voting bill drags on

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:00am

It is unclear when exactly the Texas House will have a quorum again, but when it does, the Democrats may return to find a less friendly chamber than the one they left weeks ago.

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Authorities investigating shooting at Dew party that left 1 dead, 2 injured

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:00am

One person was killed and two others injured, but are in stable condition, when shots were fired during a party near Dew just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 8.

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Leon County jail escapees still at large

Leon County jail escapees still at large

Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:00am

The search continues for a pair of Leon County jail inmates who escaped custody while working as part of a work crew Friday, Aug. 6, near Leon County Expo Center.