Chron Article RatingConfusion reigns in Texas as legal fight over mask mandates rages between local officials and Abbott
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| "The same goes for Fort Bend ISD -- another district that was set to require masks, but changed course in defiance of Fort Bend County Judge KP George's mask order for the county, which includes public schools." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Less than a day later, a lower court judge essentially reinstated the Bexar mandate for public schools -- though not without acknowledging the confusion." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "A number of cities, counties and school districts in the past week have defied Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order baing mask mandates and made mask-wearing mandatory in public schools in a bid to try to prevent the highly-contagious delta variant from infecting school children too young to get vaccinated -- and to keep hospitals from overflowing with COVID-19 patients." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Dallas County had the most wide-ranging mask mandate in the state -- covering public schools, colleges, businesses and many government buildings." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
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56% : The same goes for Fort Bend ISD -- another district that was set to require masks, but changed course in defiance of Fort Bend County Judge KP George's mask order for the county, which includes public schools.55% : Less than a day later, a lower court judge essentially reinstated the Bexar mandate for public schools -- though not without acknowledging the confusion.
50% : A number of cities, counties and school districts in the past week have defied Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates and made mask-wearing mandatory in public schools in a bid to try to prevent the highly-contagious delta variant from infecting school children too young to get vaccinated -- and to keep hospitals from overflowing with COVID-19 patients.
47% : Dallas County had the most wide-ranging mask mandate in the state -- covering public schools, colleges, businesses and many government buildings.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.