February 10, 2022

Mask mandate lifted: Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak becomes latest to announce end date

Source: KTNV- Local ABC affiliate

NEVADA (KTNV) — Gov. Steve Sisolak says the statewide mask mandate in Nevada has come to an end as COVID-19 cases drop.

Effective immediately, masks will no longer be required inside public places, in most instances.

Masks are still mandated in airports, on planes on public buses and on school buses, he says.

He also clarified that while masks will not be mandated on the state level, he said employers and organizations may still set their own policies around masks.

For schools, Sisolak says local districts can come up with their own policies and that takes effect tomorrow. He says he wants to give staff and students who are in class right now a chance to go home and discuss the issue with their families before removing their masks today.

Read more: https://www.ktnv.com/news/coronavirus/mask-mandate-lifted-nevada-gov-steve-sisolak-becomes-latest-to-announce-end-date

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Well turns out what I was told was true. The indoor mask mandate was ended before Super Bowl Weekend. The Gaming Control Board rescinded their orders to the Casino's immediately as well. The casino hosts are already taking bets amongst themselves on if this will be temporary like it was last year, but my host thinks this is the end. I tend to agree with him.

February 8, 2022

Virginia Senate approves amendment that may spell end to school mask mandates

Source: WRIC- Local VA ABC affiliate

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With bipartisan support, the Virginia Senate approved an amendment to a bill giving parents the ability to choose whether their children wear masks in schools without giving an excuse and regardless of rules adopted by local school boards.

Democratic state Sen. Chap Petersen (Fairfax City) made a floor amendment on the Senate floor Tuesday to a bill from Republican state Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant that would require school boards to permanently offer in-person instruction.

The language in Sen. Petersen’s floor amendment states any parent with a child enrolled in a public school or any school-based early childhood care program could elect to send their child to the classroom without a mask “notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation, rule, or policy implemented by a school board, school division, school official, or other state or local authority.”

Petersen’s amendment to the bill was adopted on a 29-9 vote, a bipartisan outcome that could give Gov. Glenn Youngkin a legislative solution to legal challenges that have temporarily blocked his mask-optional executive order in schools.

Read more: https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/virginia-senate-approves-amendment-that-may-spell-end-to-school-mask-mandates/

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Sent to me from a friend who lives in Virginia. He was surprised it passed with that number of Dem crossover votes. He expected it to only pass with a single Dem vote, Peterson's. I guess there is a chance that the Senate will vote the entire bill down, but its probably not likely.