State Mask Bans Face Federal Civil Rights Inquiries

The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigations in letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina,…MORE

Denton County Data Breach Exposes Health Records, Including COVID Vaccination Details

Denton County, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Hundreds of thousands of Denton County Public Health records that included COVID-19 vaccination details, were exposed as the result of a data breach. Early estimates put the breach at about 1.2-million, but Denton county last night said that many of the files were duplicates. A problem with third-party software exposed…MORE