Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is filing six lawsuits against six school districts that have defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on mask mandates. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38 (pdf) issued in July served as a reiteration of an earlier order issued in May that prohibits local governments and schools from requiring masks indoors. Richardson, Round Rock, Galveston, Elgin, Spring, and Sherman Independent School Districts are being targeted in the lawsuits, Paxton’s office announced. The office said it “anticipates the filing of additional lawsuits if school districts and other governmental entities continue to defy state law.” It is not immediately clear why Paxton chose the six school districts out of the 85 school districts and six counties in Texas that have defied the order. His office has shared a list of school districts and local governments that have been “non-compliant.” The list also points out which districts have been issued a letter warning …