FOX 7 Discussion: Lawsuit claims Abbott's mask mandate violates ADA
Robert Winterode, attorney for Disability Rights Texas, joins Mike Warren to discuss a lawsuit claiming Abbott's mask mandate ban violates the ADA.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott receiving monoclonal antibody infusions
Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 one day after he addressed a crowd at a “standing room only” event in Collin County.
Disability rights group files federal lawsuit challenging Gov. Abbott’s mask mandate ban
Disability Rights Texas claims in a lawsuit that Gov. Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates prevents students with disabilities from safely returning to school and is a violation of students federal rights.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19
According to his office, Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive today, which was his first positive test result amid daily tests.
Parents demonstrate outside Governor's Mansion over mask mandate ban
Several parents and other demonstrators expressed opposition to Gov. Greg Abbott’s opposing view on mask mandates Monday morning.
FOX 7 Discussion: Has Abbott lost some of his power in Texas?
Glenn Smith from Progress Texas joins Mike Warren to talk about how Governor Abbott has been handling things in Texas as of late.
Repairs underway after Texas State Capitol flooded due to rain
Repairs and cleanup is underway after rainwaters flooded the extension of the Texas State Capitol Sunday afternoon.
Abbott sets special election for proposed constitutional amendments
Governor Abbott has set November 2, 2021, as the special election day for eight proposed constitutional amendments in Texas.
Texas State Capitol closed to visitors after flooding
Sloan Byerly, Chief of Staff for State Representative Travis Clardy, captured video from inside the building showing ankle-high water with more pouring in through the skylights.
Austin ISD continues to move forward with mask mandate
Austin-Travis County leaders also stepped up to back school districts like AISD by signing several orders requiring masks in public schools and city/county buildings.
Texas Supreme Court sides with Gov. Abbott, temporarily blocking Dallas County mask mandate
The Republican-controlled Texas Supreme Court sided with Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton by issuing a stay order in the legal battle over mask mandates in Texas.
Austin city, school leaders show support for mask mandate, vaccines
Austin ISD and Del Valle ISD are now the only two districts in the Austin area with a mask mandate in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order.
Supreme Court halts Harris Co. Judge's order protecting Dems from arrest warrants
Gov. Greg Abbott announced on his Twitter that the Supreme Court halted Harris Co. judges' order to block the arrest of more than 40 Democrats
FOX 7 Discussion: Legal fight over emergency health powers
UT law professor Randall Erben joins Rebecca Thomas to talk about the legal battles over Abbott's mask mandate ban.
AISD mask mandate goes into effect as battle with state continues
AISD is one of several school districts around Texas defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates.
Gov. Abbott warns schools, local governments will be 'taken to court' for implementing mask mandates
With local counties and schools implementing mask mandates amid the rising COVID-19 cases, the governor took to social media to remind them of the consequences.
Abbott, Paxton file petition in defense of mask mandate ban
Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are pushing back against a Dallas County judge who ruled against the mask mandate ban.
2,500 medical personnel to be deployed to help Texas hospitals
Gov. Abbott recently directed the DSHS to use staffing agencies to provide out-of-state medical personnel to struggling Texas health care facilities.
Texas DFPS rules certain reassignment surgeries constitutes as child abuse
The Texas DFPS commissioner has determined that 'genital mutilation of a child through gender reassignment surgery' constitutes as child abuse.
Harris County to file lawsuit challenging Gov. Abbott's order against mask mandates
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced late Tuesday night that the County has authorized filing a lawsuit challenging Governor Abbott's order preventing Texas local governments from requiring masks.