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Sonali Menon 11/10/21 Sonali Menon 11/10/21

UT System working to appease federal, state governments on vaccine mandates

Daily Texan article about how UT tries to navigate through Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban of mandatory vaccines.

Sonali Menon 10/7/21 Sonali Menon 10/7/21

Austin LGBT commission disapproves of Gov. Abbott’s proposed anti-transgender youth bill

Gov. Greg Abbott in talks of pursuing a bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and the

LGBT+ commission discusses showing support for trans youth.

Sonali Menon 10/7/21 Sonali Menon 10/7/21

Restrictions against Critical Race Theory hinders Austin teachers

New legislation put into effect Sept. 1 over critical race theory in Texas schools have effect the way Austin teachers conduct classes due to restrictions in speech.