STATE / CORONAVIRUS

With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19

Public health experts and medical professionals are sounding the alarm over the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19. The governor has stood firm on his ban against masking mandates in schools.

By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
Posted 7/30/21

Lindsey Contreras feels backed in a corner. The first day of school is just a couple of weeks away. The mother of two, whose older child attends school in Allen, has been watching COVID-19 cases …

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