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July 17, 2020

Colorado & Arkansas Mandate Masks as Georgia's Governor Sues to Overturn Atlanta Mask Ordinance
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In Colorado, Democratic Governor Jared Polis issued a statewide mask
mandate Thursday, a week after refusing public health officials' pleas
to require facial coverings in public. Arkansas Republican Governor Asa
Hutchinson issued a similar mask mandate.

In Georgia, Republican Governor Brian Kemp filed suit Thursday against
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who's sick with COVID-19, seeking to
overturn her local mask ordinance. Meanwhile, Target and CVS became the
latest major U.S. retailers to require masks nationwide.


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