The last two years have been a crushing time to be a college student. They have had to navigate university life altered by failed promises and unjustified virus protection measures. The best years of their young adult lives have been riddled with never-ending restrictions on social gatherings, closed dining halls, cancellations of school traditions and […]
Vaccine Mandates
Illinois Governor Pritzker Loses Fight to Keep Kids Masked, Appeals to Supreme Court
Governor J.B. Pritzker asked the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up an appeal over mask and vaccine mandates in schools after losing his case in the Court of Appeals. It was unclear Tuesday if the state’s highest court would take up the case. On Feb. 17 the Court of Appeals for the Fourth […]
Who’s Really Behind COVID Vaccine Mandates?
After the U.S. Supreme Court last month froze the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large private employers, some companies — including Boeing, General Electric and Starbucks — dropped plans to implement the mandate. Others, based on guidance issued in 2020 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, left the mandates in place. Most of the large employers that opted to mandate COVID vaccines for their employees, even though […]
Judge Blocks Air Force From Punishing Officer Denied Religious Exemption to COVID Vaccine
A federal judge in Georgia temporarily prohibited the Air Force from punishing an officer who objected to receiving a COVID vaccine on religious grounds and was denied an exemption to the vaccination requirement. U.S. District Court Judge Tillman E. Self III on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction for the unnamed Air Force Reserve officer and […]
California Poised to Become First State to Mandate COVID Vaccines for Students and All Workplaces
In sweeping new legislation unveiled Friday, a bill in California would mandate that all businesses require their employees or independent contractors receive a COVID vaccine. The bill, proposed by Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), would require anyone who receives a medical or religious exemption to regularly test for COVID, while those who do not qualify would have […]