Legislative News – 08-18-2021

Massachusetts governor proposed unemployment relief fund worth $1 billion

  • Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker on August 18 filed a $1.6 billion supplemental budget to give unemployment insurance relief for employees 
  • The money provided in this legislation relies mainly on the $5 billion surplus coming from increased tax revenues which were unexpected

Lt. Governor Randy McNally reasserts Tennessee executive order for school masks

  • Recently, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed Executive Order 84 which requires schools to allow parents to opt out of mask requirements for students
  • Lieutenant Governor, Randy McNally threatened ‘other remedial options’ if districts don’t allow opt-outs as Nashville and Memphis school districts oppose the order but nevertheless noted: “I Trust local school boards to make their own decisions to keep students safe at school.”

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