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Alabama

Alabama’s Dallas County Is First Republican State to Bring Back Mask Mandates | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Public officials in Dallas County, Alabama have issued a new mask mandate for county buildings that deal with the public, according to local outlet WAKA 8, becoming the first Republican state to introduce new restrictions. The new mandate comes as COVID cases have risen in Alabama and across the United States probate Judge Jimmy Nunn […]

Mayor

NYC mayor extends COVID-19 emergency declaration via executive order – NBC New York

On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to extend New York City’s state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension comes one day after the previous state of emergency expired on June 19. This is happening in the backdrop of both the federal and state COVID-19 emergency declarations having been ended earlier this […]

City Council

Santa Fe City Council Holds Special Meeting Today on Charter | | #citycouncil

Council meets today to discuss charter The Santa Fe City Council is slated to hold a special meeting at 2 pm today in Council Chambers to discuss the recommendations made by the 2023 Charter Commission. Beginning last year, the commission met a dozen times, and created two subcommittees to hash through a variety of proposals for the […]

City Council

$10M Relief Program for Small Landlords Proposed By LA City Council – NBC Los Angeles | #citycouncil

Five Los Angeles City Council members called Tuesday for the city to establish a $10 million assistance program to provide direct payment to small landlords waiting on rent due from tenants since the beginning of the pandemic. In the last couple of weeks, the council has voted for landmark legislation providing tenant protections as the […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeals emergency COVID-19 measures

Former Trump White House Press Secretary and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order to repeal COVID-19 executive orders issued at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 on January 13, cementing the re-opening campaign accelerated under the Democratic administration of Joe Biden. The action repealed an executive order to establish a […]

Arkansas

New form of COVID-19 in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas Department of Health confirms on Jan. 12 that a new form of COVID-19 has been found in the state. The latest strain is a subvariant of the omicron variant. The department says it is more transmissible than the previous strains, but there is no indication it causes more […]

Arkansas

Governors call to end COVID-19 emergency

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – Is the pandemic over? Has COVID-19 become as common as the flu? Is the nation still in a state of emergency? Gov. Asa Hutchinson, with support from Sarah Huckabee Sanders and 24 other Republican governors requested that President Biden end the COVID-19 national health emergency. On Dec. 19 the 25 […]

Mayor

Chicago to Issue Mask Advisory if City Reaches ‘High’ Alert Level, Mayor Says – NBC Chicago

If Chicago reaches a “high” COVID alert level from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the city will issue a mask advisory, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday, just ahead of the holiday weekend. The CDC is expected to release its updated community levels Thursday evening. Last week, Chicago and Cook County were under a […]

Mayor

New York mayor: Holiday virus spike ‘extremely challenging’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said simultaneous surges of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have created an “extremely challenging” health situation for the city. The city indicated flu cases are already higher than they were during the peak each of the past four years, also noting increases over the past month […]

Arkansas

Flu season hitting Arkansas hard and early

Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios. Photo: Dan Higgins/CDC State health officials recommend Arkansans get their seasonal flu shots immediately as influenza cases, hospitalizations and deaths are higher than usual, reflecting a nationwide trend. By the numbers: A total of 64 people in Arkansas died of the flu between Oct. 2 and Dec. 10, according to the Arkansas […]