UISD s board president addresses concerns over superintendent search
Jan. 7, 2021
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United ISD board president Ramiro Veliz III leads a special called meeting at the UISD Boardroom, Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Veliz and Javier Montemayor were present, other board members participated online.Cuate Santos / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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A letter written by UISD’s board president on Wednesday hoped to clarify concerns made regarding the outgoing selection of a new superintendent months before the current one retires.
Ramiro Veliz III said that there is currently no pushing of a potential candidate to replace longtime leader Roberto J. Santos, and that the board agrees with UISD constituents regarding a thorough search being executed to find the next superintendent.
Texas strays from federal guidance on COVID vaccine plan
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Karen TownsendPosted at 2:31 pm on December 22, 2020
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State health officials in Texas announced Monday who will be next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after health care workers and long term care residents. Instead of following federal guidelines, Texans over the age of 65 and those over 16 who have chronic medical conditions will be the next group of people offered the vaccine. This decision strays from federal guidelines which recommend people over 75 and essential workers receive priority.
The second group will include about eight million Texans who will be eligible for the vaccinations. The state is offering 1.9 million Texans in health care and those who are residents in long-term facilities first, as the federal guidelines recommend. The guidelines recommend that those 75 years of age and essential workers be the next group to be offered the vaccine. As Ja
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election.
President Donald Trump and 17 Republican attorneys generals had joined the lawsuit, which asked the Supreme Court to toss out the elections in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit claimed the states “exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting lastminute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.”
Texas Democrats accused Paxton of filing the lawsuit to distract voters from his own legal problems. More than 100 Republican members of Congress signed an amicus brief supporting the Texas lawsuit.