The latest on the battle over local mask mandates

- Texas universities, committed to full returns, face fall terms with surging COVID-19 numbers and no mask mandates.

- As coronavirus rages again in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott resists statewide action, hamstrings local leaders.

- Texas won’t require schools to notify parents of COVID-19 cases.

- Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning mask mandates in Texas schools faces lawsuit, defiance by big-city districts.

- Dallas County, Bexar County officials fight Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates in court.

- Texas judges temporarily allow officials in Bexar and Dallas counties to issue mask mandates, despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban.