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Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock – two Democrats elected in Jan. 5 runoffs in what was once considered a Republican stronghold – held a press conference hours after the Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package in a 50-49 vote that fell along party lines.
Both senators made it clear that the package would likely have never come to pass without their upset victories. This is the most significant economic relief package for working- and middle-class families in American history, Ossoff told reporters after the vote. We will crush COVID-19, recover economically, safely re-open our schools, and get our daily lives back – and we’ll do it thanks to Georgia voters.”
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The Osborn School District in Phoenix is urging its teachers to get COVID-19 vaccines, even offering information on where to get the shots on designated workdays.
About 90% of the pre-K-8 district s staff have gotten at least their first dose, school officials say. Osborn, which has been virtual all year, plans to return to in-person instruction in March.
But what about the 10% of employees who haven t gotten the vaccine? Can the district require them to? Osborn s board members have discussed it, but there s a number of reasons why districts probably won t be requiring COVID-19 vaccines for employees anytime soon.
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