As some colleges and organizations around the state continue to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations, Texas Scorecard reached out to all of the Republican candidates in the runoff election for the state Legislature to ask whether they would support legislation that prohibits...
The Texas Freedom Coalition, a network of conservative advocates, made several requests to various sources for information pertaining to data collected regarding COVID-19 hospitalizations in the unvaccinated versus the vaccinated. These requests followed several...
This article has been updated to correct the current number of lawmakers calling for a fourth special session. Despite activists, organizations, a steadily growing list of Texas lawmakers, and the Republican Party of Texas imploring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to convene a...
Rice University has updated their campus COVID-19 policy on vaccinations from voluntary to mandatory for all employees, unless exempted, per the Biden administration’s federal contractor vaccine mandate. Since Rice University accepts federal contracts, they must meet...
The list of lawmakers who have publicly called on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call a fourth special legislative session to address a prohibition on employer vaccine mandates has continued to grow. As of November 11, the list just included 16 lawmakers. It has since...
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit stayed the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard mandating vaccines for employees of companies with 100+ employees, the federal agency says it is halting implementation...
The most recent special legislative session concluded just three weeks ago, and the list of lawmakers who have publicly announced their support for a special session to address vaccine mandates continues to grow. Though the issue of prohibiting employer vaccine...
FORT WORTH — The Biden administration’s announcement of executive orders to mandate the COVID vaccine among employees of businesses with federal contracts has caused rampant frustration among workers in all industries in Texas and the U.S. Last week, General Electric...
