Court rejects attorney general's challenge to Austin New Year's business curfew KVUE News Staff Replay Video UP NEXT A state appeals court on Thursday voted to dismiss Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's challenge to Austin and Travis County's COVID-related orders earlier this year that placed a curfew on businesses operating during the New Year's weekend, according to a report from KVUE's news partners at the Austin American-Statesman. These orders prohibited food and beverage services after 10:30 p.m. as cases were surging in the area. However, they were in place for only one night before the Texas Supreme Court blocked the orders' enforcement.