Tag: Federal-State Relations

Biden Admin Threatens to Recoup COVID-19 Funding From Arizona Over Anti-Mask Mandate Rules

The Biden administration issued a letter to Arizona threatening to take back COVID-19 relief funds sent to the state, saying Arizona’s provisions discourages schools from mandating masks. In a letter (pdf) sent Jan. 14, the Treasury Department warned Arizona state that it has 60 days to remove or redesign the anti-mask-mandate provisions the Biden administration deems…


Biden Admin Threatens to Rescind COVID-19 Funding From Arizona Over Anti-Mask Mandate Rules

The Biden administration issued a letter to Arizona threatening to take back COVID-19 relief funds sent to the state, saying Arizona’s provisions discourages schools from mandating masks. In a letter (pdf) sent Jan. 14, the Treasury Department warned Arizona state that it has 60 days to remove or redesign the anti-mask-mandate provisions the Biden administration deems…


Supreme Court Likely to Rule Against Biden Administration Vaccine Mandates: Rob Henneke

The Supreme Court appears poised to rule against two Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates but will likely do so in a limited way, a lawyer who brought a case against the mandates says. “I believe that on the federal vaccine mandates, the Supreme Court is going to land on a very limited position that just…


Biden Admin Mask, Vaccine Mandates for Head Start Program Blocked in 24 Additional States

The Biden administration mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the Head Start program have been blocked in additional 24 states by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump nominee, granted a preliminary injunction on Jan. 1 to Georgia and 23 other states against the mandates. Doughty said he thinks the government lacks…


Oklahoma National Guard Bars Unvaccinated Airmen From Drills

In the wake of a federal judge rejecting Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s attempt to block the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for National Guard members, the head of the Oklahoma National Guard announced Thursday that unvaccinated airmen will no longer be allowed to drill. While U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino has backed the governor’s position…


Oklahoma Judge Denies State’s Request to Stop National Guard COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday ruled against an attempt from the state to block the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard members. U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot rejected a motion from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), Attorney General John O’Connor, and sixteen Oklahoma Air National Guard members for a preliminary injunction to the mandate, saying the…


Florida Surgeon General: Biden Admin ‘Actively Preventing’ Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Tuesday accused the Biden administration of actively blocking the sending of monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 patients to Florida, according to a letter he sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra. Both HHS and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in September the federal government would…


Efforts to Stop Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses Reach US Supreme Court

Three companies and Missouri’s attorney general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to stay the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates for private businesses with 100 or more employees. Three companies—Phillips Manufacturing & Tower Company, Sixarp LLC, and Oberg Industries LLC—filed an emergency application (pdf) for an injunction on Friday, saying the Biden administration is pursuing…


Biden’s Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Now Blocked in Texas

The federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers cannot go into effect in Texas, a federal judge ruled this week. The Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the mandate last month despite not having clear authority from Congress to do so, U.S. District Judge Matthew…


DeSantis Proposes $8 Million in Budget to Relocate Illegal Immigrants to Delaware, Martha’s Vineyard

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis set $8 million in his 2022–23 budget to transport illegal immigrants out of The Sunshine State. He proposed the spending in the Freedom First Budget (pdf) to protect against harms resulting from illegal immigration. The spending may include the transportation of unauthorized aliens located within Florida to other states or the…