Budget & Policy

U.S. Judge in Texas Rules Against Vax Mandate for Federal Employees

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On Jan. 21, a federal court in Texas temporarily blocked the Joe Biden administration’s requirement that federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
In the decision, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown in the Southern…

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