Texas Governor Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday filed a petition to halt a judge's order requiring face masks inside schools and businesses in Dallas County.

Masks work! The Governor and Attorney General ... rampaging through their states. In making Texas the largest state in the country to end the mask mandate, Abbott argued his state was now ...

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asked a Texas court ... to decide to mandate face coverings or decline to do so,” Jenkins writes in the document. “But the Governor has also attempted to ...

A federal judge has ordered a halt to Texas' efforts to ban mask mandates ... or suing school districts that require students to wear masks as a safety measure. Paxton had already sued 15 school ...

A ban on COVID-19 restrictions that impose a mandate to wear face masks in public spaces ... "Working with the Texas Legislature, Governor Abbott signed a law this year codifying his executive ...

The governors of several states have announced changes in COVID-19 restrictions since the Biden administration's vaccination plan spurred a mass vaccination effort, USA TODAY has reported.