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Crystal Mason’s 5-year illegal voting sentence is overturned
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, who was given a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised …
Judge blocks Biden administration from lifting Title 42
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday blocked the Biden administration from lifting a public health order that immigration officers have used to quickly expel migrants at the southwest border, including asylum-seekers. District Judge Robert …
Texas sues to block Biden administration from lifting Title 42
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Friday to halt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health order used by federal immigration …
Texas students increasingly face mental health problems during pandemic
Need to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? Our evening roundup will help you stay on top of the day’s latest updates. Sign up here. Shea Wiedemeyer’s depression crept in slowly. The high school freshman had struggled with some anxiety before schools shut down abruptly in March, but in the isolation of the pandemic, …
Texas 2020 elections update: Voters could break turnout record
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Tuesday’s biggest developments Judge orders Upshur County voting hours extended after morning glitches [11:45 a.m.] Voters in Upshur County will have until 8 p.m. tonight to cast their ballots, after a state district judge extended …
Texas religious private schools can open despite local health guidelines
While local health officials have the authority to keep school districts closed for in-person instruction through the fall, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a letter to schools Friday that private religious schools are are free to decide for themselves whether to reopen. Last week, the state’s education agency released an order requiring schools to …
How Texas health care workers are protecting families from coronavirus
It’s been more than a month since Marissa Hudler hugged her kids. Fearful of accidentally bringing the new coronavirus home, she and her husband — both health care workers — sent their two sons to stay at their grandparents’ house in March and don’t expect they’ll return for weeks. For now, their home is quiet. …
Coronavirus prompts UT-Austin, others to extend spring break
Nearly a dozen Texas universities announced Wednesday they would extend students’ spring breaks and start switching to online classes, joining a swelling group of colleges across the country taking steps to prepare their campuses for the novel coronavirus. Most Texas institutions extending their breaks said they plan to use the extra time to prepare faculty …
