STATE NEWS

After staff members died from COVID-19, Waco ISD vows to keep mask mandate in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order

A judge has yet to decide in the state's lawsuit against the district for defying the governor's executive order.

By Kevin Reynolds, The Texas Tribune
Posted 10/11/21

When Brittany Phillips Ramirez relocated her family back to her hometown of Waco over the summer, COVID-19 precautions at Mountainview Elementary School were foremost on her mind. And as the delta …

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