From USA TODAY Network and wire reports
Alabama
Montgomery: A partnership will offer 1,500 free rides over the coming months to help bridge COVID-19 vaccination access issues. HandsOn River Region and Uber have partnered with the city on the program, which will not require the Uber app. Rides are available on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. People can access free round-trip rides by calling 211. “Challenges create opportunity, and Montgomery – like cities around the world – continues climbing out of our generation’s greatest challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mayor Steven Reed said in a statement. “However, this crisis led us to use innovative ideas in our response and recovery efforts.” The Montgomery Rides Program reduces the barriers to citywide vaccination and could be replicated in other public health programs in Montgomery.” Reed earlier this year said the city was exploring possible solution to vaccine access issues. The city has co-hosted several drive-
The pandemic-hit Anchorage Community Development Authority is on pace to run out of money this summer adn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anchorage to allow outdoor gatherings
ANCHORAGE (AP) Anchorage will lift all limits on outdoor gatherings in a new coronavirus emergency order is set to take effect on Friday night.
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson announced the emergency order on Monday, a day before the Anchorage Assembly was scheduled to decide whether to extend the city s emergency proclamation, which gives the mayor the power to issue emergency orders.
Anchorage Assembly extends COVID-19 emergency declaration
April 14, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The Anchorage Assembly has extended into June a local COVID-19 emergency declaration, approving a shorter extension than Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson requested, with some Assembly members indicating this latest extension, the city s eighth, could be the last.
The Assembly voted 6-4 Tuesday to extend the declaration, first enacted in March 2020, to June 11. Without the extension, emergency orders including a mask mandate would have expired, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Quinn-Davidson had asked that the emergency declaration be extended into mid-July.
The Assembly also called for regular reports from the mayor’s administration on efforts to transition from emergency operations to normal operations.