Some hospitals are better prepared than they were early in the pandemic, but administrators say staff morale still stands on shaky ground.
Allyson Waller
Allyson Waller was a newsletter writer at The Texas Tribune. Previously, she was part of the 2020-2021 New York Times Fellowship class where she worked as a general assignment reporter for the publication’s breaking news desk. Allyson is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in journalism. While at UT Austin, she interned at the Miami Herald as a local government reporter and The Texas Tribune as an investigative fellow.
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Politics
The push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries
Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’ll take fight against federal vaccine mandate for large businesses to Supreme Court
Texas is among states that sued the Biden administration over its mandate. An appeals court ruled in the president’s favor Friday and reinstated the rule, set to take effect Jan. 4.
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Public Education
Houston-area school district drops gender-based policy on long hair
The change comes after Magnolia ISD was sued by six boys and a nonbinary student for alleged discrimination.
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Higher Education
Sul Ross State University president Pete Gallego announces resignation
A little more than a year after taking the top job at the West Texas school, the former lawmaker has announced he is leaving at the end of the school year.
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Public Education
Penguin parents, anti-bullying tips, teen romance: What we found inside three books flagged by a Texas lawmaker’s schools inquiry
State Rep. Matt Krause is investigating whether Texas school districts have purchased any of nearly 850 books in a list he produced last month.
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Public Education
Houston-area school district suspends gender-based provisions of its dress code after being sued over its long-hair policy
The ACLU of Texas sued Magnolia ISD, accusing it of violating students’ equal protection under the 14th Amendment and Title IX.
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Politics
How Texas Republicans moved beyond a bathroom bill to successfully restrict transgender athletes’ participation in school sports
In 2017, conservative lawmakers failed to pass legislation targeting transgender Texans. Things were different this year.
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Public Education
Federal judge says Houston-area students defying dress code ban on long hair can return to class
In a lawsuit filed against Magnolia ISD, the ACLU of Texas says six boys and a nonbinary student were disciplined for having long hair under the district’s gender-based dress code.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott
House Bill 25 will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth.