
21 states file lawsuit to end federal mask mandate for public transportation
CNN
A group of 21 states, as well as groups of pilots and flight attendants, are asking federal courts to permanently end the Biden administration's federal transportation mask mandate, less than three weeks before it is set to expire.
The latest lawsuit, led by Florida and joined by 20 other states, asks a federal court in Florida to "issue permanent injunctive relief enjoining Defendants from enforcing the mask mandate." The states' claims include that the policy is an abuse of federal emergency powers.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. The Transportation Security Administration declined to comment.

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