Kansas GOP Lawmakers Overturn Dem Governor’s Mask Mandate
Kansas just became the 18th state to not have a mask mandate.
GOP lawmakers in Kansas have overturned Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s (D) mask mandate.
The Kansas City Star reported:
Kansas’ 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 to fulfill the requirements of the new law. One member of the eight-person panel, embattled Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop,
