They said lawmakers plan to continue to pursue legislation to address the public health emergency and workplace vaccine mandates, but that will now be done during the regular legislative session starting Jan. 4. Eric Holcomb said were needed to end the statewide public health emergency order that’s been in place since March 2020. Holcomb said in a statement that he now plans to extend the public health emergency and the executive order through December. “Last week, I made clear what would be necessary to responsibly allow the state public health emergency to expire. I will continue to work closely with Speaker Huston and Senator Bray as we move into next legislative session,” Holcomb said in a written statement.

Source: Fox News November 25, 2021 00:42 UTC