Texas AG warns cities against enforcing stricter coronavirus restrictions than state

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday warned cities not to enforce stricter coronavirus restrictions than those the state government has mandated as it moves into a phased reopening.Paxton wrote letters to Dallas, Bexar and Travis counties and the mayors of San Antonio and Austin reprimanding them for an array of “strict and unconstitutional” orders that contradict more lax statewide measures on issues such as wearing masks,…