IN THE NEWS - TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT TO OPEN STATE 100% NEXT WEEK, STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE TO BE REVOKED

Texas’s Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday said he planned to open the state next week "100%," roughly a year after the coronavirus pandemic broke out throughout the U.S. Abbott said he will issue an executive order that rescinds many of the state’s previous executive orders, and effective next Wednesday all businesses in the state will be allowed to fully reopen and the statewide mask mandate will be revoked. DEVELOPING....https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-texas-covid-restrictions