(WBAP/KLIF) — Health and education officials are watching COVID cases among students and school staff in Texas. Less than a month into the school year, Texas schools districts have seen a record number of COVID-19 cases in the classroom. The state says last week more than 27-thousand students and 4-thousand staff members had tested positive. Multiple…… MORE
South Dakota Recalling National Guard Troops From Texas
Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says the National Guard troops that she deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico will return to South Dakota later this month. The Republican governor deployed 48 National Guard troops to Texas in July. The deployment came in response to a request from Texas and…… MORE
Uber And Lyft To Defend Drivers
Undated (AP) – Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new Texas law prohibiting most abortions. The Texas law bans abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks, and often before women know they’re pregnant. Rather than be…… MORE
Opponents Of New Law Sue The Governor
Austin (AP) – Opponents of a sweeping Republican elections overhaul in Texas filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott before he had even signed the changes into law. A broad coalition of voting rights attorneys, disability rights groups, and faith-based organizations filed lawsuits Friday over the far-reaching voting bill in Texas known as Senate Bill…… MORE
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