DeWine s Removal Of Ohio Health Orders Comes Amid Legislative Pressure Patch 5/15/2021
They may not need to use it.
In a Wednesday evening address outlining Ohio’s next steps in handling the pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine announced “it is time” to remove those health orders.
DeWine said all pandemic orders would be removed on June 2, except for those involving nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Republican legislators, who have battled with the DeWine administration since the early months of the pandemic, effectively gave the governor little choice. He had until late June to remove the health orders or else they would remove them.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is offering big lottery incentives in a last-ditch effort to get people vaccinated before the state’s mask mandate and most other coronavirus-related state orders end June 2.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is offering big lottery incentives in a last-ditch effort to get people vaccinated before the state’s mask mandate and most other coronavirus-related state orders end June 2.