{"id":219769,"date":"2021-02-22T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=219769"},"modified":"2021-02-22T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:51:50","slug":"nd-house-bill-would-prohibit-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=219769","title":{"rendered":"ND House Bill would prohibit mask mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-211510\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EmergencyOrderJmstMasks-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EmergencyOrderJmstMasks-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EmergencyOrderJmstMasks-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/EmergencyOrderJmstMasks.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>North Dakota\u2019s Republican-led House has endorsed a measure that would prohibit state or local governments from mandating face coverings. Representatives approved the measure 50-44 on Monday. The bill also bars making a mask mandatory as a condition for entry for \u201ceducation, employment, or services.\u201d The bill now goes to the Senate. Bill sponsor GOP Rep. Jeff Hoverson and others argued there was no proof that masks work to slow the spread of the coronavirus and they questioned the government\u2019s role in mandating them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota\u2019s Republican-led House has endorsed a measure that would prohibit state or local governments from mandating face coverings. Representatives approved the measure 50-44 on Monday. The bill also bars making a mask mandatory as a condition for entry for \u201ceducation, employment, or services.\u201d The bill now goes to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219799,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219769\/revisions\/219799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}