Maine House speaker stands ground on COVID mask mandate
A policy requiring that those entering the State House wear facial coverings to protect against the spread of COVID-19 remains, even with mask mandates lifted in other places.
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AUGUSTA — An ongoing dispute between a group of conservative legislators and Democratic leaders in the Maine Legislature over whether lawmakers should be required to wear facial coverings when they return to the State House next week was no closer to resolution following a meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday.
The council, which includes the leaders of both the minority and majority caucuses in the House and the Senate and the speaker of the House and Senate president – in all, six Democrats and four Republicans – took no additional action on a policy they set last week leaving in place a mask mandate for lawmakers and the public entering the State House or conducting business there in public areas, including the House and Senate chambers.