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Oct. 28, 2020Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Governor, top lawmakers agree: No Kansas mask rule for now


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and top Republican legislators have agreed to encourage Kansas counties to adopt local mask mandates rather than consider a statewide rule to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Kelly had a private Zoom meeting Tuesday with eight leaders of the GOP-controlled Legislature, six of them Republicans, and participants said afterward that they discussed increasing mask use to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Kelly issued a statewide mask mandate July 2, but a state law enacted only the month before allowed the state's 105 counties to opt out, and most did. Kelly said the group agreed on "a bipartisan outreach strategy."