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Texas lets residents unmask, but many are keeping covered as orders meant to slow virus end
Although a statewide mandate ended Wednesday, many stores and other businesses aren’t making any changes yet.
Wearing masks outside, Robert and Connie Clark of Garland wait in line to have their licenses renewed at the Texas Department of Public Safety Drivers License Center in Garland, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Today is the first day of Governor Greg Abbott s lifting of the mask mandate and other restrictions. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) (Tom Fox)
After nearly a year, Texans were officially allowed to gather unmasked Wednesday as a statewide mask mandate ended on the anniversary of Dallas County’s first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus.