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Texas city and county leaders ask Gov. Greg Abbott for authority to implement local stay-at-home orders

Published: June 30, 2020, 10 a.m.

b"At the beginning of the pandemic, local officials across the state implemented stay-at-home orders for their regions. But now, with cases across Texas' metros surging, those leaders say Abbott has stripped them of the authority to reinstate the same measures."