Mask freedom, kids ordered back, counties need $$$, multiple vaccines out.

Show #1064: Thursday, March 4, 2021

• Representative Joseph Chaplik shares info on his “mask freedom bill” advancing
• Jane Becher breaks down Governor Ducey’s back to school order
• Supervisor Matt Ryan talks county need for federal dollars
• Dr. Dean Fanelli talks about three vaccines available in US

 

Rep. Chaplik & the mask freedom bill: stop making employees the mask police!

00:00-15:55

Representative Joseph Chaplik returns to give an update on the mask freedom bill and the outcome of the Arizona House vote. Will it pass the Senate? Is it doomed by Governor Ducey? Has the dam broken nationally on these mandates?

 

Schools ordered to open! Jane Becher breaks it down. 

15:56-31:21

Jane Becher breaks down Governor Ducey’s Executive Order, which orders all of Arizona’s publicly funded schools to open by March 15th with few exceptions. Will schools be able to comply in time? What will school be like?

 

C- under Biden, D+ under Trump! 

31:22-43:24

Jeff asks why some restaurants are nearly 100% open while others appear to be operating at 50%. Is it the plexiglass? 

 

U.S. infrastructure gets a C- under Biden but it was a D+ under Trump! You can’t make this stuff up!

 

Congress fades out stimulus checks quicker. Jeff explains. 

 

AG Brnovich Supreme Court case on state voting issues looks promising. 

 

Supervisor Matt Ryan discusses Federal Covid stimulus dollars. 

43:25-59:30

Counties lobby Congress for more federal dollars to backfill their budgets after a year of Covid related expenditures. 

When will Coconino County lighten up on restrictions?

Dealing with the data, the challenges and the great distances in the 2nd largest (geographically) county in the nation. 

 

Vaccine info and availability with Dr. Dean Fanelli 

59:31-73:52

Dean L. Fanelli, Ph.D., returns to the program to breakdown the three vaccines available in the U.S. Also discusses distribution and outlook into the summer.