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May 27, 2023

face masks

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Mask rule for planes and trains still up in the air

April 13, 2022 David Koenig, Associated Press

DALLAS — The federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes and public transportation is scheduled to expire next week, and airline executives and Republican lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to let the mandate […]

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Florida, other states challenge CDC transit mask rule

March 31, 2022 Curt Anderson, Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Twenty-one states with Republican attorneys general sued Tuesday to halt the federal government’s requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains, ferries and other public transportation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The […]

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CDC rolls out new “Community Levels” tied to masking options

March 4, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has introduced a new way to determine masking per its “Community Levels” system rolled out during a Feb. 25 briefing.  “Now, as the virus […]

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Mask-optional policy begins next week at most state agencies

March 2, 2022 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Mask-wearing inside most North Carolina state government buildings will become optional starting next week, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday. Continued improving COVID-19 numbers, along with access to vaccinations and other treatments “are […]

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Gov Cooper vetoes Free the Smiles Act, Moore says override will happen

March 2, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In the late afternoon of Feb. 24, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 173 (Free the Smiles Act). The bill would have given parents back the power to decide whether or not to […]

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Cooper: Schools, local governments should end mask mandates

February 23, 2022 By A.P. Dillon and Matt Mercer, North State Journal

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper cited his administration’s success in handling the omicron variant of COVID-19 and said at a Feb. 17 media briefing that schools and local governments should end their mask mandates. While […]

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Cooper: Schools, local governments should end mask mandates

February 17, 2022 NSJ Staff, A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper cited his administration’s success in handling the omicron variant of COVID-19 and said that schools and local governments should end their mask mandates at a Feb. 17 media briefing. While […]

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Gov. Roy Cooper to ‘encourage’ end of mask mandates

February 17, 2022 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper will call for an end to local mask mandates at a 3 p.m. news conference, according to tweets from his staff on the matter Thursday morning. “Throughout the pandemic we’ve […]

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K-12 toolkit keeps masking in place, alters quarantine and contact tracing requirements

February 16, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On Feb. 10, North Carolina’s K-12 COVID-19 guidance was changed to drop contact tracing and altered some quarantine policies but kept indoor mask usage in place for all children 5 and up.   In […]

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MATTHEWS: In school mask controversy, Stacey Abrams reminds us who she really is

February 16, 2022 Stacey Mathews

Earlier this month, 2022 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams paid a visit to Glennwood Elementary School in Decatur to take part in the school’s third annual “African-American Read-In” as part of Black History Month.  Nothing […]

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