Stay Of Injunction Of Texas Executive Order Banning School Mask Mandates Denied

Mealey's (November 23, 2021, 11:10 AM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas federal judge on Nov. 22 denied state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s motion to stay a permanent injunction blocking the enforcement of a state executive order preventing school districts from imposing mask mandates issued by the judge in a lawsuit brought by several public-school students with disabilities and underlying medical conditions challenging the executive order as in conflict with and preempted by federal disabilities laws....