Attorney General Orders End To School Mask Mandates

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has ordered all local public health departments and school districts to stop enforcing mask mandates and quarantines, effective immediately. It’s in response to a recent ruling by Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green invalidating any public health orders issued without approval from locally-elected officials. During today’s Missouri Board of Education meeting, K-12 Education Department Spokeswoman Mallory McGowin spoke about the court ruling and the attorney general’s move.

Schmitt is running against a crowded field of Republicans in the U.S. Senate primary.