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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Acting on his threat, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Austin and Travis County officials over their decision to continue requiring mask-wearing in public.
Paxton had threatened a suit after the local officials decided Tuesday to exempt the city and county from Gov. Greg Abbott’s lifting of the state’s mask mandate on Wednesday.
In a 25-page petition filed Thursday in Austin, Paxton asks a state district judge to block Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Andy Brown and city-county Medical Director Mark Escott from enforcing their mask mandate.
It’s unclear when or if the judge will act.
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