2:10 PM on Jul 17, 2020 CDT — Updated at 5:30 PM on Jul 17, 2020 CDTUpdated at 5:30 p.m.: Revised to include comments from Todd Webster, former acting Texas Education Commissioner and current lobbyist at HillCo Partners.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a guidance letter to the state’s private religious schools on Friday stating that they “need not comply” to recent local and county health orders barring in-person instruction until after Labor Day.“As protected by the First Amendment and Texas law, religious private schools may continue to determine when it is safe for their...…2:10 PM on Jul 17, 2020 CDT — Updated at 5:30 PM on Jul 17, 2020 CDTUpdated at 5:30 p.m.: Revised to include comments from Todd Webster, former acting Texas Education Commissioner and current lobbyist at HillCo Partners.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a guidance letter to the state’s private religious schools on Friday stating that they “need not comply” to recent local and county health orders barring in-person instruction until after Labor Day.“As protected by the First Amendment and Texas law, religious private schools may continue to determine when it is safe for their...WW…

1:50 PM on Dec 22, 2020 CSTPastor Todd Dunn had been urging “Faith over fear!” since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March. Just before Thanksgiving, he posted a message on Facebook dismissing precautionary measures advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for people to keep wearing masks and avoid gatherings with family members who don’t live in the same house.“I’m not wearing a mask when around my family like the CDC requests and we are traveling so we’ll take our chances,” Dunn’s Facebook post read. “And to top it off we are huggers so there you go! There will be no...…1:50 PM on Dec 22, 2020 CSTPastor Todd Dunn had been urging “Faith over fear!” since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March. Just before Thanksgiving, he posted a message on Facebook dismissing precautionary measures advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for people to keep wearing masks and avoid gatherings with family members who don’t live in the same house.“I’m not wearing a mask when around my family like the CDC requests and we are traveling so we’ll take our chances,” Dunn’s Facebook post read. “And to top it off we are huggers so there you go! There will be no...WW…