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Apr 18 2024
News
Kansas repeals law mandating regular audits of all economic development programs
Kansas lawmakers and Gov. Laura Kelly have repealed a law requiring regular audits of all the state's economic development programs. Kelly on on April 12 signed House Bill 2483, which eliminates various statutory requirements for the Legislative Division of Post Audit. That includes repealing a law mandating that all economic development incentive programs be reviewed every three years. Kelly
Yahoo NewsJun 10 2022
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Mask mandates creep back into schools for summer sessions
Mask mandates are making a comeback in a handful of school districts across the country, even as the school year wraps up and districts shift to summer school.
At least a dozen school districts in some of the most populated cities in the country still mandate masks in schools. In several instances, the districts had removed mask mandates but then elected to reinstate them, citing rising
Washington ExaminerApr 06 2024
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SEC Forced to Halt Climate Reporting Mandate for Businesses
The SEC stay ‘shuts down the most outrageous climate mandate for businesses since Biden took office,’ said Iowa Attorney General. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paused the implementation of its climate disclosure requirements for companies as legal challenges against the rules are pending in a circuit court. In March, the SEC finalized a controversial rule requiring publicly
The Epoch TimesJun 10 2023
News
White House mandates masks, distancing for unvaccinated — despite pandemic’s end
The White House ended the national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic weeks ago, but is still mandating masking and social distancing for the unvaccinated at its events, according to a report. Earlier this week, the White House Office of Legislative Affairs sent an invitation to members of Congress to attend “College Athlete Day,” a celebration honoring the NCAA men’s and women’s national
New York Post (News)Aug 22 2023
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Atlanta college reinstates mask mandate after students test positive in city
Three years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a college in Atlanta is reinstating its mask mandates for all its students and employees on campus for the next two weeks. Morris Brown College (MBC), a private historically black liberal arts school, announced Sunday on Instagram the mask mandate would be implemented as a precautionary measure, even though the school's administration had
Fox News (Online News)Apr 22 2022
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Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.
The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate, according to the Philadelphia health department, which released a statement that cited “decreasing
Associated PressApr 21 2022
Analysis
How companies are responding to traveler mask mandate ruling
Monday's court ruling striking down the federal traveler mask mandate was met with mixed reactions as companies scrambled to respond.
Driving the news: Several airlines — including the four largest in the U.S. — Uber, Lyft and Amtrak dropped their masking requirements following the Transportation Security Administration's announcement that it will no longer enforce a mandate.
AxiosApr 22 2022
News
LA County Will Keep Mask Mandates On Public Transportation
The entirety of Los Angeles County will be required to wear masks on public transportation and indoor transit hubs starting on Friday despite the recent federal strike down of mask mandates.
LA county's Public Health Department announced the Health Officer Order on Thursday for all individuals over the age of two regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status. The order will apply to
International Business TimesApr 18 2022
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Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate
Several businesses and residents have filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn Philadelphia's renewed indoor mask mandate scheduled to be enforced beginning Monday in an effort to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections.
The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court on Saturday, said Philadelphia lacks the authority to impose such a mandate.
Philadelphia this week
Fox BusinessApr 21 2022
Opinion
The mask mandate shutdown reminds us that the judiciary matters
On Monday, a federal judge struck down the unpopular and ridiculous mask mandate for airplanes and other modes of public transportation .
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, wrote that "the [mandate] exceeded the CDC’s statutory authority, improperly invoked the good cause exception to notice and comment rulemaking, and
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