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Johnson County, unlike Wyandotte or Jackson Counties or Kansas City, Mo., now no longer has any countywide mask mandate in effect. The other three local governments have rolled back some requirements on outdoor mask-wearing but still require masks in most indoor spaces. File photo.
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With the removal of its countywide mask mandate and formal restrictions on business operations at the end of last week, Johnson County diverged from other local governments in the region when it comes to COVID-19 limits.
Kansas joins 17 other states without a mask mandate: ‘The numbers don’t support’ one, a legislator says
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
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TOPEKA, Kan. 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 to fulfill the requirements of the new law. One member of the eight person panel, embattled Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, was absent for the vote conducted over video conference.
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