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Trump-Linked Group Latest to File Lawsuit Over Biden’s OSHA Vaccine Rule

November 12, 2021
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The Trump-linked America First Policy Institute filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees. The group’s Constitutional Litigation Partnership, which helped former President Donald Trump file his lawsuit against Facebook and Twitter earlier in the year, asked the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (pdf) to temporarily…

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Fully Vaccinated Teacher Put on Leave Says She’s Anti-Mandate, Not Anti-Vaccine

November 11, 2021
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An Illinois teacher who is fully vaccinated said she will not show proof of her COVID-19 vaccination status because she’s against mandates. Earlier this year, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker mandated all teachers and school staff get vaccinated. But Kadence Koen, who teaches math at a high school in Springfield School District 186, vocally opposed the move…

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Louisiana Business Owner Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandate in Court

November 8, 2021
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A Louisiana business owner is suing the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more employees, claiming the demand is “wrong” and that he “won’t stand for it.” Brandon Trosclair employees hundreds of workers across 15 grocery stores in Louisiana and Mississippi that would require him to fire workers who…

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‘Our House is On Fire’: Chicago Fire Captain Fights Vaccine Mandate

November 8, 2021
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CHICAGO—To Scott Troogstad, government control over people’s lives has spread like a fire since the pandemic. Small businesses owners were deprived of livelihood, students could not go to schools, faith believers were forbidden to pray at their churches—and now, that fire has reached his own firehouse. In October, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered all city…

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Hundreds of Thousands to Go on Four-Day Nationwide Strike Over Vaccine Mandates: Organizer

November 7, 2021
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A massive, nationwide strike against vaccine mandates will take place from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. The walkouts involve people from various industries such as trucking and telecom. Air and rail transport workers are not federally allowed to go on strike due to a law passed in 1926 named the Railway Labor Act, but some plan…

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White House ‘Confident’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Will Be Upheld

November 7, 2021
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White House officials over the weekend expressed confidence that the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses will be upheld after an appeals court temporarily blocked it on Saturday. “I’m quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated, not just a temporary order, the validity of this requirement will be upheld. It’s common sense,…

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North Carolina Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have ‘Reigned In’ Emergency Executive Powers

November 6, 2021
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill on Monday that proposed to restore checks and balances to his executive powers, which have been extended amid the CCP virus pandemic. “North Carolina is emerging from a global pandemic with lives saved and a strong economy because of effective statewide measures to protect public health under…

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North Carolina Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Reined In Emergency Executive Powers

November 6, 2021
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill on Monday that proposed to restore checks and balances to his executive powers, which have been extended amid the CCP virus pandemic. “North Carolina is emerging from a global pandemic with lives saved and a strong economy because of effective statewide measures to protect public health under…

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RNC Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandate With Lawsuit

November 6, 2021
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Nov. 5 filed a lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Department of Labor over the vaccine mandate requiring 84 million private-sector workers to get fully vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022. The lawsuit (pdf) followed a day after the Biden administration announced mandates for companies with 100 or more employees…

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South Carolina Governor Prohibits State Agencies From Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines in New Order

November 6, 2021
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order on Thursday prohibiting state agencies in his cabinet from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. According to a press release, the prohibition applies to the 19 state agencies that comprise the governor’s cabinet. McMaster said in the executive order that though the state must continue to take “narrowly…

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