As of Wednesday, Texans can work and gather without a statewide mandate for masks or social distancing, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order earlier this month that declared the state “100 percent open.” Judge Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat and head of Harris County’s governing body, which includes Houston, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
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