Anchorage Assembly ends mask mandate, effective immediately Published 4 hours ago
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Print article The Anchorage Assembly on Friday revoked the city’s mask mandate, effective immediately, just hours after municipal officials initially announced that the mandate would become an advisory next week. The Assembly’s move upheld by Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson dismantles a mask requirement that has been in place since last June and marks the latest major shift in the city’s pandemic response after most restrictions on businesses and gatherings were lifted earlier this month. During a special meeting Friday afternoon, Assembly member Chris Constant proposed that the Assembly revoke the emergency order, and the move found wide support in an 8-1 vote.
Anchorage to revoke mask mandate; Juneau eases mask rules
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 14, 2021 at 6:27 pm EDT
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska’s largest city is revoking its mask mandate, making mask-wearing advisory, starting May 21, the acting mayor’s office announced Friday.
Anchorage Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson’s office in a statement said people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are encouraged to wear masks. Applying a mask mandate only to those who are not vaccinated would have created enforcement challenges and issues for businesses, the statement said.
The decision follows guidance released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows people who are fully vaccinated to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. The federal guidance calls for masks on planes, buses and other forms of public transportation and at airports.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â The Anchorage Assembly voted Friday to immediately revoke the city s mask mandate, shortly after Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson s office announced the mandate would lift next week.
The assembly voted 8-1 in a special meeting to revoke a mandate that has been in place since June, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Earlier Friday, Quinn-Davidson s office announced plans to revoke the mandate on May 21, a delay it said was intended to protect students through the end of the school year.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released guidance allowing people who are fully vaccinated to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. The federal guidance calls for masks on planes, buses and other forms of public transportation and at airports.
Anchorage’s citywide mask mandate will become advisory effective May 21, acting mayor says Published 2 hours ago
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Original story: Anchorage’s citywide mask mandate will end May 21 and instead become advisory, according to Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson’s office. The change follows the release of updated guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control Prevention that say fully vaccinated Americans can safely stop wearing face coverings in most settings both indoors and out, as well as increasing vaccinations among residents and decreasing infection counts, officials said Friday in prepared statement. City officials said having the change take effect on Friday, May 21, is meant to protect the school district’s largely unvaccinated student population through the end of the academic year.
Anchorage progressives get desperate
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Print article In what can only be described as a transparent attempt to salvage a crumbling campaign to elect the most liberal mayor in the history of Anchorage, the local assembly voted just two weeks out from the runoff election to repeal the emergency order that has locked down Anchorage for more than a year. On May 11, Anchorage voters will decide if the city is to continue down the road to self-destruction or turn back the West Coast advancement of urban destruction by liberal politicians. The choice could not be more stark. Forrest Dunbar is the most liberal candidate ever to advance to the final ballot for mayor. He is opposed by a fresh new face in politics, Dave Bronson, a more conservative candidate who has a clear plan for the economic recovery of Anchorage and establishing budget discipline for the local government.