COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Grab that mask! The University of South Carolina is requiring masks at home football games, according to an email sent out by the school. The news follows a citywide mask mandate, enacted by the City of Columbia on Sept. 8, requiring masks even at “crowded outdoor spaces”. According to USC, “the City of Columbia is solely responsible”…
State education groups are calling on the legislature to repeal or modify a budget proviso which prevents districts from issuing mask mandates.
Tuesday, State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman joined health leaders to discuss how they plan to take on the upcoming school year with COVID-19 cases surging in children. Spearman says parents and educators needs to listen to the health experts, and wear your masks.
In an opinion released Tuesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court found that the state’s proviso does not prohibit the institution of a mask mandate at the University of South Carolina.
Clemson University will have no widespread mask requirement and no physical distancing as classes will resume at full capacity, the school announced this week.
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DHEC released their COVID-19 interim guidance for K-12 schools for the upcoming school year. Officials say they strongly recommend mask use for all people inside, and wearing masks is required on school buses and other public transportation.
Three Republican U.S. House members have lost appeals challenging fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor earlier this year. The U.S. House Ethics Committee released statements noting that U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina had failed in their appeals of $500 fines issued in May.
Across the country, fights and violence over mask requirements are growing, and health experts say we’re seeing a rise in COVID-19 infections in several states as a more dangerous variant of the virus takes root.
