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January 15, 2021 - 9:25am | By Chris Larson
(Bismarck, ND) -- A newly introduced North Dakota House bill would ban mask mandates by local and state governments.
Representative Jeff Hoverson introduced the legislation that would also prohibit making a face covering a requirement for entering a building, maintaining employment, or receiving education or services. The state implemented a mask requirement in mid-November when COVID-19 cases were on the rise. Hoverson points to ebbs and flows of case numbers in mask mandate states Minnesota and Montana as a reason the mandates don't work.
Cases peaked in North Dakota when the mask mandate was implemented, but have since fallen off.