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Republicans opposed the measure in a party-line vote.
Councilor Josh Bain, who initially pushed for a repeal of the mask mandate last year, argued that the council should be the body to create the guidelines. All we are doing here is shifting all of our responsibility over to the county health department, Bain said. I think what we should do here is we should have timelines on the guidelines that we are passing.
But Democrats voiced support for following public health experts, including Dr. Virginia Caine, the director of the Marion County Public Health Department. The council is made up of some amazingly smart individuals with very diverse backgrounds and expertise, said Democratic majority leader Maggie Lewis. However, when I check our current roster there are no medical doctors that serve on the Indianapolis City-County Council. Therefore, I think it s up to us a leaders of this community to get behind Dr. Caine.
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Lilly to start bringing back downtown employees June 1, requiring vaccinations at first
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May 8, 2021
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. plans to allow about 25% of its downtown employees who switched to remote working during the pandemic to return to in-person work on June 1, provided that the employees are vaccinated.
Lilly will also require masks and social-distancing while indoors.
The company plans to open its downtown locations to all employees by July 12, barring a reversal of the downward trend in COVID-19 cases.
Lilly typically has about 11,000 employees at various locations downtown, including its massive corporate headquarters on South Delaware Street. About 7,000 switched to remote working at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Another 4,000 employees largely lab workers and maintenance staff continued to work on-site.
Indiana lawmakers could override Governor veto on local health authority
The bill requires local elected officials to approve any local health orders that are more stringent than the state has in place, such as the mask mandate. Author: Rich Nye Updated: 12:18 PM EDT May 10, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana lawmakers return to work Monday to consider overriding the governor s veto of a bill that could potentially end the mask mandate in Indianapolis.
Senate Bill 5 passed easily through both chambers of the Statehouse. The House approved the bill with a 65 to 29 vote and the Senate with a 37 to 12 vote.
The bill requires local elected officials to approve any local health department orders that are more stringent than the state has in place, such as the mask mandate still in place in Marion County but lifted in most of the state.