jsonline.comNearly 40% of local health department leaders in Wisconsin have left their jobs since March 2020, mirroring a national exodus during a difficult and divisive pandemic. The state association of local health departments and boards listed 33 agencies out of 86 that lost their top official since the pandemic began. Ron DeSantis said the state has sued President Joe Biden and the federal government over a mandate that federal contractors require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Henry McMaster announced plans to spend $500 million upgrading substandard water and sewer service for small, rural communities across South Carolina, a state where crumbling utility pipes are threatening public health. The order directs state offices within the executive branch to “cooperate fully and timely” with any legal actions the state attorney general may take against such mandates.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 29, 2021 16:28 UTC