Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he plans to sue the federal government for its vaccine mandate of the Texas National Guard. In a letter to Adjutant General of the Texas National Guard Major General Tracy R. Norris, the governor accused President Joe Biden of trying...
Ken Paxton, who is still under indictment for felony securities fraud and is under investigation by the FBI for a separate incident, ringed in the New Year the only way he knows how: by cheering on the spread of COVID-19. Specifically, the attorney general celebrated...
The news had already begun spreading throughout the world when Texans gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving last week. There’s yet another variant of the COVID-19 virus — one that is more transmissible than any previous strain. First identified in South Africa, the...
Since the earliest days of the pandemic, a contingent of anti-science doctors and activists have promoted supposed “cures” for the novel coronavirus. The first, of course, was hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that the former president began recommending as...
A federal judge has ruled that Abbott’s executive order, also known as GA-38, banning mask mandates in schools, is a violation of The Americans With Disabilities Act. With the new ruling, school districts can now implement the health and safety precaution that is...
On Tuesday, potential Texas gubernatorial candidate and Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey said he is against mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for children. Just last week, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for children...
After the Biden administration announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates for large businesses and federal contractors, Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to take legal action. Now he’s doubling down and telling agencies around Texas he’s willing to sue the federal government...
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott issued yet another executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates in the state. This is the governor's fourth executive order that prohibits government entities and others from issuing a vaccine mandate. In August, Abbott moved to ban...
Earlier this week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was suing several school districts who had instituted mask mandates. Paxton has been adamant about enforcing Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38 which prevents any local lawmaker or school district from...