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May 23, 2025

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A family navigated school district’s mask exemption appeals process for almost half a year. Their claims were denied

February 15, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A parent of two Wake County Public Schools students says he is considering filing a lawsuit after almost half a year of navigating the district’s grievance and appeals process over the district denying […]

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BARONE: Returning to normalcy on school masks

February 14, 2022 Michael Barone

Are we returning to normalcy?   The word “normalcy,” as history buffs know, was used — but not invented — by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his 1920 campaign. Normalcy was […]

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Governors in 4 states plan for end to school mask mandates

February 9, 2022 Mike Catalini, Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — The governors of four states announced plans this week to lift statewide mask requirements in schools by the end of February or March, citing the rapid easing of COVID-19’s omicron surge.  The […]

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Virginia Supreme Court dismisses mask mandate petition

February 8, 2022 Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

LEESBURG, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia on Monday rejected on procedural grounds a petition from parents seeking to invalidate Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order prohibiting school systems from enforcing mask mandates in […]

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Oregon residents decry proposed ‘permanent’ mask mandate

January 28, 2022 Sara Cline, Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of Oregon residents claimed government overreach on Thursday, as officials at the state’s health authority consider indefinitely extending the current indoor mask requirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oregon Health […]

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Only handful of school districts remain mask optional, one is pushing back

September 8, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Only a handful of the 64 North Carolina school districts that originally voted to make masks optional for K-12 students for the upcoming year are still following that policy. As of Sept. 6, […]

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Gov. Cooper postpones expected briefing

July 28, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper’s office postponed a COVID-19 briefing that was originally scheduled to be held today at 2 p.m. from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. Approximately two hours after his office announced […]

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More NC districts vote to make masks optional this fall

July 28, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The school boards for Mooresville Graded School District and Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Lincoln, Pender, Sampson and Watauga counties have voted to make masks optional for all students for the upcoming 2021-22 school […]

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Cooper, state won’t require masks in upcoming school year

July 21, 2021 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen detailed an update to the state’s Strong Schools Public Health Toolkit on Wednesday from the Emergency Operations Center in […]

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County school boards rebel against K-12 mask mandates

July 21, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At a meeting on July 12, the Rowan-Salisbury School Board voted to make masks optional for all students, staff and visitors. The measure passed by a 5-2 vote. Chair Kevin Jones, along with members Travis […]

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