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Allen ISD lawsuit is dismissed, and a hearing on whether students with disabilities are hurt by a lack of mask mandates waits for a ruling.

Health officials warn this year's flu season may be more severe than last year's, mainly because fewer people are wearing masks and more people are out and about in public.

Dallas County also offered discounts at the fair to residents who get vaccinated there.

The delta variant is also remains the most prevalent COVID variant in North Texas.

At one point, there was one staffed ICU bed available per 100,000 Texans.

There have been 59 deaths as of Sept. 3, and more than 50,000 cases in the first two weeks of school.

Emergency rooms are also filling up with patients across the state, and additional medical personnel are being deployed to help with the staffing crunch.

The governor suffered mild symptoms and a brief infection, and encouraged unvaccinated Texans to get the shot.

Many urban school districts issued mask mandates despite Gov. Greg Abbott's order banning mandates in public settings. Dallas and San Antonio prevailed in appeals court; Fort Worth's mandate was struck down.

Dallas County, along with Harris, Travis, and Bexar counties have all raised their threat level to its highest point as cases and hospitalizations surge across the state.

It was an Olympics like none other before, but Texans continued to shine through to the end. Catch up on how the Lone Star State performed in the final weekend in Tokyo.