Judge Declines Paxton's Push To Rip Austin's Masks Off ASAP
Texas Attorney General COVID-19 public health protocols has been set for a March 26 trial, as District Judge Lora Livingston blocked OAG lawyers' quest for an immediate injunction. Saying she didn't "know that it is fair to any defendant" to be forced to respond to a suit filed less than 24 hours prior, Livingston, the longest-serving judge in Travis County, opted instead to set a three-hour hearing in two weeks to allow both sides to make their best case. "I don't know why there's any emergency," she noted. "People have been wearing masks for a year." Paxton's mean tweets and Henery Hawk t...