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Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee wins court order temporarily banning enforcement of part of Texas voting law

By Staff reports | Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022 @ 9:47am

HOUSTON — On Friday, a federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction in Longoria v. Paxton, a lawsuit in which Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other officials over the provision in Texas’s new voting law (SB1) that make it a crime for public officials or election officials to solicit people to apply to vote by mail, a press release states.
Texas Supreme Court denies Abbott, Paxton injunction in Harris County mask mandate case

By Staff reports | Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021 @ 8:29am

HOUSTON – Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Texas denied a petition for mandamus filed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton in Harris County’s lawsuit challenging the governor’s ban on mask mandates, allowing Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria to keep in place a policy stating election workers must wear masks in polling places during early voting.