Governor Laura Kelly and top Republican lawmakers have agreed to encourage Kansas Counties to adopt local mask mandates rather than consider a statewide mask mandate to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Kelly had a private zoom meeting with eight leaders of the Legislature and discussed increasing mask use to curb the spread of COVID 19. Kelly issued a statewide mask mandate July 2nd, but a State Law enacted the month before, allowed the state’s 105 Counties to opt out, and most did. Kelly says the group agreed on “a bipartisan outreach strategy”.
