curious how florida s war over masks in the classroom is playing out? take a look at tampa. tampa bay times says the area s four largest school districts have reported more than 10,000 covid cases in schools since the semester started three six weeks ago. however there is good news for school leaders who want to defy governor ron desantis ban on mask mandates. just yesterday a florida judge tossed out the ban, ruling schools can require masks to protect kids. but educators fighting to keep schools safe in texas are getting different results. this week the state s republican supreme court sided with governor abbott, temporarily blocking a mask mandate for students in san antonio, as parents and local leaders spar over mandates across the country in the form of protests and rowdy school board meetings.
anticipate that they would be able to get the votes to blow up the filibuster, because joe manchin and krysten sinema have said they won t blow it up. so there is no carve out there, and so voting rights is going to be, this voting reform bill, and any voting reform bill is going to be stuck in the mud. and victoria, looking at what is happening across the country, and in your state alone, the texas statehouse is moving ahead with their voting restrictions with a quorum there, and 18 states that have enacted more than two dozen laws in access to the vote already, and you are looking will at the map provided with information from the brennan center, and the last time that the voting rights reauthorization act was up, it passed 90-76, so when did this become a part of issue? that is in 2006, geoff, and it seems eons ago, but it was 15
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greene and matt gaetz to be a part of this. so we expect someone expect people to be appointed that she approves of. and bottom line here is clock is ticking for mccarthy on this for him to appoint these members. i do want to mention there is one republican that house speaker nancy pelosi appointed to the panel, not mccarthy, a congressman liz cheney. remember she was ousted from leadership earlier this year because she refused to spread the big lie, refused to tell that the election was stolen from former president donald trump. so expect her as well in part of this panel. bottom line here is clock is ticking for mccarthy but we expect his announcements to come soon. boris, amara. thank you so much for your reporting. meantime, three democrats from the texas statehouse who traveled to washington, d.c., this week have tested positive for the coronavirus. according to the caucus, all three who have not been identified were fully vaccinated.
you might recall a group of texas house members have been at the capitol pushing lawmakers to pass voting protections and avoid a vote on voting restrictions in their state. vice president kamala harris is among those lawmakers that they have been meeting with, and although the vice president met with two of the texas democrats who tested positive, her office says that they were not in close contact. up next, water from the devastating floods in western europe are beginning to recede revealing the extensive damage that s been left behind. we are going to europe with the latest next. among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity and gum