‘I will bring every single gun loaded,’ parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meeting
A Virginia woman was arrested Friday after she appeared to threaten school board officials while they met to vote on whether to lift a mask requirement. The woman, Amelia King, 42, was accused of making an oral threat on school property after she was cut off during a public comment section of the Page County…
Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania School Mask Mandate
Topline A Pennsylvania court ruled Wednesday that the state’s health secretary did not have the authority to issue a school mask mandate, the latest twist in a nationwide dispute over whether masks should be required in schools. Students go into Perry Elementary School on August 27, 2020, in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. MediaNews Group via Getty Images…
Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams Wants To End School Mask Mandate
Topline Eric Adams, the incoming mayor of New York City, told CNN on Sunday that he wants to end the school mask mandate when he takes office, a change that would affect the largest public school district in the county. Eric Adams, the Democratic candidate for New York mayor, speaks during an interview at a…
Florida Surgeon General Says He Can’t ‘Communicate’ While Wearing A Mask
Topline Florida’s polarizing surgeon general is again breaking with basic guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus, saying Tuesday he cannot “communicate clearly” while wearing a face mask, an assertion he made in response to criticism over his refusal to wear a mask while meeting with a Democratic state senator last week, who ended up…
A Teen Called For Masks In School After His Grandma Died Of COVID. Adults Mocked Him
His story is poignant and sad, and his concerns are widely held — but when Tennessee teenager Grady Knox stood up at a county school board meeting to explain why he wants masks in schools, adults at the meeting mocked and heckled the high school student. “This time last year, my grandmother, who was a…
Biden threatens governors opposing school mask mandates with legal action
As cases of Covid-19 are once again on the rise in the United States, President Joe Biden is playing tough with Republican governors who oppose mandatory masks in schools, instructing his secretary of education to use all available means to protect children. With his announcement Wednesday that he was directing the Department of Education to use…
Parent attacks teacher after mask dispute on first day of school in California district, official says
A parent attacked a teacher following a mask dispute on the first day of school, a California superintendent said.The incident occurred about an hour after the first day ended at Sutter Creek Elementary School in Amador County, NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento reported.In a letter to families, Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson…
Texas governor’s ban on mask mandates dealt second legal blow
Supporters of wearing masks in schools protest before the special called school board workshop at the Pinellas County Schools Administration Building in Largo, Florida, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File PhotoAug 11 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s statewide ban on mask mandates has hit its second legal setback, as a judge in Dallas County…
GOP Senators Introduce Bills Banning Mask And Vaccine Mandates
Topline Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Monday proposed longshot bills aimed at banning mask and vaccine mandates – the national component of a GOP push in statehouses across the country to block the return of pandemic-era restrictions despite a renewed surge of coronavirus cases. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) heads to a vote…
Schools Are Defying State Governments And Imposing Their Own Mask Mandates
Topline Branches of the University of Wisconsin and school districts in Arizona and Florida are ordering students and staff to wear masks indoors in spite of statewide regulations and laws that prohibit them from doing so, as the Delta variant’s rapid spread sparks new showdowns over mask orders between state and local governments nationwide. Florida…
St. Louis Reinstates Mask Mandate Amid Brutal Delta Surge — Even For Vaccinated Residents
Topline As Covid-19 cases spike in Missouri and vaccination rates remain low, St. Louis announced Friday it will reimpose an indoor mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents, joining a growing list of cities that have reacted to a sharp rise in coronavirus infections by reintroducing countermeasures. St. Louis skyline at twilight. getty Key…
Biden says CDC will ‘probably’ recommend kids under 12 wear masks in school
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will “probably” advise children under age 12 who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to wear masks in school this fall.Biden said at a CNN town hall in Cincinnati that kids older than 12 who are fully…
Trump Surgeon General Says CDC Was ‘Wrong’ To Lift Mask Mandate And Should Reverse Course
Topline As the spread of the delta variant prompts new concerns and restrictions nationwide, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said this weekend he believes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was “premature” and “wrong” in easing the national mask mandate, and should move to immediately reverse its decision. U.S. Surgeon General…
With Idaho governor out of state, lt. governor bans mask mandates
While Idaho’s Republican Gov. Brad Little was out of state Thursday, the lieutenant governor issued an executive order banning mask requirements.Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, a Republican who last week announced a run for governor, signed the executive order while Little was at a Republican conference in Tennessee.She said in a statement that she was acting…
Joe Biden Wants National Mask Mandate
By Arick Severson - NFN On August 13th, Joe Biden stated "Every single American should be wearing a mask when they're outside for the next...