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Kansas joins 17 other states without a mask mandate; The numbers don't support it said a legislator
Kansas’s statewide mask mandate, already an exemption-filled patchwork, came to an end Thursday, canceled by top Republican lawmakers under a new law that makes it more difficult for health officials to keep COVID-19 precautions in place.
A group of leading legislators, known as the Legislative Coordinating Council, voted 5-2 along party lines to overturn Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate hours after she reissued it ...
The new system comes as Kansas grapples with a pandemic that continues to infect hundreds each day, including cases involving variants that spread more aggressively.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/04/kansas-joins-17-other-states-without-a-mask-mandate-the-numbers-dont-support-one-a-legislator-says.html