7 deep-blue districts sue GOP Gov. Youngkin to uphold school mask mandates in Virginia

Glenn Youngkin
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Seven Virginia school boards filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) executive order ending the commonwealth's public school mask mandate, Axios reported.

The executive order, which Youngkin issued on his first day in office, would place masking decisions in the hands of parents.

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Grayson Quay

Grayson Quay was the weekend editor at TheWeek.com. His writing has also been published in National Review, the Pittsburgh Post-GazetteModern AgeThe American ConservativeThe Spectator World, and other outlets. Grayson earned his M.A. from Georgetown University in 2019.