STATE HOUSE
You will now have more of a say in local health orders, via your local county or city government.
The state Senate has overridden Gov. Holcomb’s veto of a bill that would require local decisions like mask mandates to be approved by legislative bodies like county commissions. The bill (SEA5) mandates that that any health decision that is more stringent than one made by the state has to have that approval.
The Senate vote was 36 to 10.
The House later voted 59-30 to override the veto, making it a vote to override by both chambers.
“I feel like we are in the middle of a Republican civil war. I feel as though this is an issue between members of the Republican Party and this governor (a Republican),” said Sen. Jean Breaux, a Democrat.
DANVILLE, Ind. — During the Spanish Flu pandemic a century ago, Indiana Gov. James P. Goodrich and President Woodrow Wilson barely played a role in the public response, despite the
Brian Howey | Howey Politics Indiana May 7, 2021
Brian Howey
DANVILLE During the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago, Indiana Gov. James P. Goodrich and President Woodrow Wilson barely played a role in the public response, despite the fact that it killed an estimated 10,000 Hoosiers. Wilson never made a public statement about the pandemic. Never, said John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.
Profiles of Gov. Goodrich don t even mention the pandemic that claimed the lives of millions of young adults nationally. It was local public health officials who ordered facemasks, closed businesses and public events.
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During the Spanish Flu pandemic a century ago, Indiana Gov. James P. Goodrich and President Woodrow Wilson barely played a role in the public response, despite the fact that it killed an estimated 10,000 Hoosiers. Wilson never made a public statement about the pandemic. Never, said John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. Profiles of Gov. Goodrich don t even mention the pandemic that claimed the lives of millions of young adults nationally and nearly 13,000 Hoosiers. It was local public health officials who ordered mandates the required facemasks, closed businesses and public events.