
Democratic governors outpace White House with masking pullbacks
CNN
A rush of moves by Democratic states laying out timelines to lift mask mandates is leaving a cautious White House behind and hiking pressure on top government health officials to codify an Omicron endgame.
The waning Omicron wave is unleashing what -- hopefully -- could be one of the last clashes between public health and politics of the pandemic.
The White House, according to new CNN reporting, is "thinking about" a plan for the post-pandemic emergency period. But on Monday, the Biden administration was unwilling to endorse an easing of school masking, one of its key weapons against Covid-19.

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by the Trump administration and is now facing a ballooning backlog, a workforce that’s in flux and an unclear mandate.












