Tag: COVID-19

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

West Virginia’s Justice seeks quick approval of COVID booster shots

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2021 9:00 pm

Two visitors peer into the room of a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, as a nurse dons full protective gear before seeing another patient. The hospitalization rate of unvaccinated individuals with COVID-19 is breaking records and squeezing hospital capacity, with several facilities running out of room for more patients. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Oregon governor reinstates outdoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status

Cassidy Morrison · August 24, 2021 8:53 pm

A runner passes a school closed sign Friday, April 24, 2020, in Phoenix. It took a decade for Arizona lawmakers to restore much of the school funding they cut in the wake of the Great Recession. Now, education leaders fear a looming recession created by the coronavirus could once again mean reductions in school funding. (AP Photo/Matt York)

They knew closing schools hurt children. That’s why they wanted to close more of them

Timothy P. Carney · August 24, 2021 7:48 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. Cuomo says he will resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations. The three-term Democratic governorâs decision, which will take effect in two weeks, was announced Tuesday as momentum built in the Legislature to remove him by impeachment.

Cuomo loses his Emmy Award

Luke Gentile · August 24, 2021 5:55 pm

Virginia Gov-elect, Terry McAuliffe, gestures during a news conference in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 18. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

McAuliffe asks employers to mandate vaccines to ‘make life difficult’ for unvaccinated

Kaelan Deese · August 24, 2021 5:20 pm

Pritzker says FDA approval will spur vaccinations, mandates

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2021 5:00 pm

Rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations of pregnant women alarms doctors

Cassidy Morrison · August 24, 2021 4:17 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a California Democratic Party event.

California auditor finds ongoing mismanagement of COVID-19 relief

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2021 2:00 pm

In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, students wear masks as they work in a fourth-grade classroom, at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. After seeing two academic years thrown off course by the pandemic, school leaders around the country are planning for the possibility of more distance learning next fall at the start of yet another school year.

Schools get creative trying to defy state bans on mask mandates

Barnini Chakraborty · August 24, 2021 10:00 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Fauci apologizes, says he misspoke about getting COVID-19 under control in 2022

Daniel Chaitin · August 24, 2021 12:04 am

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va.

Justice announces another sweepstakes for vaccinated West Virginians

Washington Examiner · August 23, 2021 11:00 pm

Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks during a rally in Detroit Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Gretchen Whitmer is polling even with a GOP challenger unknown by half of Michigan voters

Zachary Faria · August 23, 2021 9:59 pm