The Biden administration sued Texas on Thursday over new election laws that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats who remain unable in Congress to pass legislation they say is needed to counteract a year of Republicans adding restrictive voting measures nationwide.

This now puts two of the Texas GOP’s biggest conservative victories this year in court against the federal government, as the Justice Department is simultaneously trying to stop a new Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

Minnesota health and education officials have joined in an effort with school districts and charter schools to assist in administering the COVID-19 vaccine to children over the next few days before many more doses are expected to arrive in Minnesota next week.

State officials are expecting Minnesota to receive more than 250,000 child doses next week that will go to more than 1,000 providers across the state.

St. Thomas Dining Services introduced a new approach to creating a sustainable environment on campus with the OZZI reusable take-out system this school year.

The university is working with a goal to eliminate trays in-residence dining locations, which could also save thousands of gallons of water per year just by not having to drastically wash them.

Keaton Eakins can be reached at eaki8110@stthomas.edu