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The State Board of Education voted unanimously to investigate two school districts with mask mandates that defy Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban, and threatened legal action. Separately, reports say over 8,000 Florida students are already in isolation or quarantine.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, an anti-masker who was fully vaccinated, is reportedly taking monoclonal antibody treatments. Social media posts show he recently attended a busy, mostly maskless Republican event. Separately, Disability Rights Texas is suing Abbott over his strict ban on mask mandates, alleging it's discriminatory.

The mandate, initially set to expire Sept. 13, applies to airports and on planes, trains, buses and other public transportation. Other news on mandates is from L.A., Rhode Island and Atlanta.

Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, told school districts with mask mandates that they have 10 days to rescind them or they will lose grant money. But in neighboring New Mexico, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, reinstated a mask mandate for all public indoor spaces. That includes all workers at public and private schools.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday the delta variant is now responsible for 98.8% of covid cases in the U.S. Separately, the U.S. daily death count topped over 1,000 on Tuesday for the first time since March. News outlets cover delta and breakthrough covid cases.