Candidates Gear Up for Primary Season
Monday evening marked the deadline for candidates to file for the March 1, 2022 primary, and some state and local races will be very busy. The general election will take place on Nov. 8.
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Women’s Rights Icon Cecile Richards Speaks at Awards Event
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas hosted the 31st annual Dallas Awards in unique style on Sept. 23.
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Vote on the Readers’ Choice 2021 Person of the Year
We asked for your nominations for our first-ever Readers’ Choice Person of the Year, and you came through.
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Dallas County Lowers COVID-19 Risk Level
Dallas County’s public health committee recently dropped the COVID-“19 risk level from red to orange.
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Letter to the Editor
I was disheartened by this paper’s reporting of the community’s views on masks in the last edition.
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Pfizer Requests Authorization for COVID Vaccine for Younger Children
Not quite three weeks after Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their pediatric two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen for children ages 5-11 had been demonstrated to be safe in clinical trials, the companies said they have now submitted a request with the FDA for emergency use authorization.
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Can’t Mask Emotions
During a four-hour session in a meeting room packed with neighbors divided over COVID-19 protocols, a high school junior stepped up to plead with Highland Park ISD trustees.
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Physicians Call For Additional COVID Protocols in HPISD
More than 120 physicians – many with children in Highland Park ISD – signed on to a letter calling on Superintendent Dr. Tom Trigg and the school board to improve upon the district’s COVID protocols. (Read time: 2.7 minutes)
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Why Don’t Public Schools Have the Same Choice?
Texas private schools are allowed to make decisions based on keeping their students and staff healthy. Why aren’t public schools allowed to do the same?
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Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mask Mandates
The Texas Supreme Court Sunday issued a temporary stay of restraining orders granted by lower courts in Bexar and Dallas counties.
Note: this story has been updated to include remarks from Dallas ISD superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa and latest court decisions.
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SMU Requiring Masks In Indoor Spaces On Campus
SMU is temporarily requiring masks be worn in indoor spaces on campus, university president R. Gerald Turner wrote in a letter to the campus community. The requirement doesn’t apply to private spaces like residence halls.
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