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Text messages obtained by KERA News show the presiding officer of the state's funeral regulation agency sharing an anti-Islam infographic and videos with the agency’s former executive director during the commission’s ongoing investigation into a North Texas mosque.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission on Wednesday nonsuited its lawsuit accusing two ex-staff attorneys of violating attorney-client privilege in the midst of an ongoing feud between fired staff and commission heads.

After interviews with KERA News about their firings from the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the regulatory agency is suing two ex-staff attorneys for allegedly violating their continuing obligation to keep details about the commission confidential.

Two attorneys recently fired from the state's funeral regulation agency say the Attorney General's office sent them cease-and-desist letters shortly after they spoke about their experiences with KERA News.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission fired staffers July 21 who are the latest to accuse the agency's presiding officer of unethical behavior and retaliation in connection with the firing of the commission's former executive director last month.

The East Plano Islamic Center alleges 11 congregants have died without proper funeral rites according to the Muslim faith since the Texas Funeral Service Commission ordered those services to stop in March.

Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after he left office. He was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and human rights.

Greenville Police Department officer Cooper Dawson was shot in the line of duty Nov. 25. A funeral service was held for him Dec. 3.

Biden will travel to Houston on Monday and Harris will attend a Celebration of Life Service on Thursday. The trip will mark Harris’ third visit to Texas in the past month.

Former U.S. Rep Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas was laid in state at Fair Park Monday morning ahead of her wake and funeral service.

The Dallas-area Democratic congresswoman died Sunday at 89. She'll be buried in Austin at the Texas State Cemetery.