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Most states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic

by Lauren WeberAnna Maria Barry-Jester
| September 15, 2021 2:30 AM

Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers that state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases.

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