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Masks are required for indoor events at Cultural Trust venues only when the COVID-19 community level for Allegheny County is at "high" status.
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In some instances, cloth masks are enough to protect against COVID-19.
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The state Supreme Court is just now releasing its rationale for why it ruled that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration had no legal authority to require masks in Pennsylvania’s schools and child care centers, even amid a pandemic and surging cases of COVID-19.
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Pennsylvania's highest court is throwing out a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren, raising the prospect that at least some students in the state may soon be allowed to attend classes without a face covering.
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Pennsylvania's high court says that for now, an order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place.
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A state judge says an order that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities to contain the coronavirus should expire Dec. 4, although that's unlikely to be the final legal development.
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One of the largest public school districts in the region has told families that masks are optional within school buildings. But the Norwin School District in Westmoreland County doesn’t have that authority, according to the state Department of Education. On Wednesday, Commonwealth Court threw out a health department school mask mandate. But the department appealed the decision, meaning it should still be observed. School officials did not return multiple requests for comment.
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Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is asking all companies and organizations within the county to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 1. The county's daily COVID-19 numbers remain "stubbornly high."
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A state court has thrown out an order by Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools, but the Wolf administration plans an appeal. Commonwealth Court ruled that said the mask mandate didn't comply with rules for setting regulations and was adopted without an existing disaster emergency declared by the governor.
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Pennsylvania's governor expects to let school districts modify or end the mask mandate for K-12 students in January.