This law ONLY applies to people wearing mask while committing crimes. Even Cooper's DHHS noted, "removal of the explicit exception does not open anyone up to prosecution."
The U.S. Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Mandy Cohen is urging Americans to put masks back on for the holidays. In a Fireside Chat with the American Medical Association on Tuesday, Cohen said flu season started just before Thanksgiving and rapidly accelerated, particularly in the southern United States. “We know this time of year...
Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the Free the Smiles Act. The bipartisan measure would have blocked mandatory mask policies in N.C. schools. It’s Cooper’s second veto this year and a record-extending 71st veto since he took office in 2017. “I have encouraged local boards to lift mask mandates, and they are doing it across the...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is siding for workers against the big businesses by denouncing forced masking policies.
Following the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announcement that North Carolina won’t be ending the mask mandate for public school children, N.C. Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, stated that the House would be advancing legislation to give parents the ability to opt-out of the mask requirement. Legislation is expected after redistricting....
Climbing COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Carolina have energized the campaign for renewed mask mandates. The rules have also sparked protests from some who view it as a threat to personal liberty and dispute the efficacy of masking toward mitigating the spread of coronavirus. A group of young liberty-minded Republicans from Wake County organized a protest...
Update: On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, The Wake County School Board voted unanimously to require masks for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students for the Fall 2021 semester regardless of vaccine status. Given the freedom to choose whether to mandate masks for students, school boards across the state have begun voting to make face coverings optional for...
Gov. Roy Cooper will allow existing state mask mandates to expire on July 30, but he’s recommending required masking for public school students in kindergarten through middle school. Cooper emphasized those changes during a Wednesday afternoon press conference on updated state COVID-19 guidance. Cooper began the press conference encouraging vaccination and reporting that 60% of...
On Wednesday evening, the N.C. Senate and House voted in quick succession to end the $300 in extra pandemic-related federal unemployment assistance. The Senate voted 26-22 on a final compromise version of Senate Bill 116. The House followed suit, 65-45, roughly 30 minutes later. The extra payments were part of the federal benefits supplement after...
5:05 p.m. update: The N.C. House voted 66-44 to approve the Free the Smiles Act. The measure now heads to the state Senate. The N.C. House k-12 Education Committee passed a bill Tuesday that would allow the local education authority of each school system to set their own classroom mask policies, rather than allowing it...
“Operation Warp Speed” sounds like one of those made-up superpowers from a cartoon, but the speed of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a reminder America is still on top. From an entrepreneurial and medical technology standpoint, the United States remains the gold standard. Yet, in many other ways for the nation, the cracks are in...
