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Jan 6, 2022 · In July, Abbott issued an executive order attempting to keep local governments and officials from instituting mask mandates, threatening an up to $1,000 fine for failure to comply. The...
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Jul 30, 2021 · July 29, 2021 · 1 min read. Texas governor Greg Abbott. on Thursday threatened to issue fines to local officials who enforce new mask mandates. Abbott’s warning comes after the CDC...
- The Mask Wars
- A New Front
- Another Symptom of The System
Former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, a Republican, is not a zealous advocate for big government. And yet in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was leader of Texas’ third most-populated county, Whitley wanted the ability to tell people to mask up in large gatherings. “That would’ve been a setting where I might have liked to have been a...
While the mask mandate fight nears its conclusion in the Texas Supreme Court, another state-local clash is building. It centers on the power of county criminal district attorneys to decide which cases to pursue. Few Republican officials would deny that prosecutors are constantly making judgement calls when they choose which cases to pursue. Discret...
There is a wealth of systemic factors contributing to the showdown over the discretion of locally elected DAs. Not least is the fact that, as Bowman puts it, counties are “generally considered administrative arms of state government, sort of historically.” States are “basically in charge,” she said. Yet Bowman said partisan redistricting, or gerrym...
Oct 25, 2022 · Over 14 years, Perry, a former state representative who became Texas’ longest-serving governor, positioned former employees, donors and supporters in every state agency. Perry could not be ...
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Aug 4, 2021 · Gov. Abbott last week also threatened to issue fines against local officials who introduced mandates for masks and vaccine requirements. On Thursday, Abbott said: "Texans have mastered...
May 10, 2021 · Other amendments were adopted Monday, including one from state Rep. Mike Schofield, R-Katy, that would prohibit local officials from issuing an order during a pandemic disaster that requires...
Aug 11, 2021 · COVID-19 is surging again in Texas. Hospitalizations are increasing faster than at any other time. Local officials and school leaders are pushing back against Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask...
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