Masks

“We’re not taking our foot off the gas when it comes to fighting the pandemic,."

“We have to get a point of rational discussion about this, and it’s not about scoring political points or getting headlines to call out the governor on an issue."

"I’m going to monitor what’s going on in the various counties, but I’m not attempting to be heavy-handed.”

"We don’t have the staff...they have Covid overload. We don’t want to send the sheriff’s out after anybody, we don’t want to send probation after anybody."

The court will hear arguments Dec. 8 in order to make a final decision.

Educators say there's a clear choice: Limit the spread of the virus, or risk going back to online and hybrid learning.

"I'd love to be able to [test] our whole school, but you're talking, you know, 5000 tests a week. We do not have that capacity."

"We want to be responsive and we want to stay on top of things, but I would not want it to be way out in front of this before more information comes."