State Lawmakers Send Governor Letter Calling For Masks In Schools

(Providence, RI) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee is under pressure to issue a statewide mask-wearing mandate for kids in schools this fall. More than thirty state legislators have signed a letter urging the action because of the spike in COVID-19 cases this summer. McKee has so-far resisted calls for such a mandate, instead indicating that individual school districts ought to make those decisions.

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