New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced the state will be dropping its school mask mandate beginning the first full week of March.

The announcement makes New Jersey among the first states under Democratic control to announce an end to school mask mandates amid nationwide pushback from parents seeking to have the mandates removed.

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