Governor Andy Beshear is calling Kentucky lawmakers into special session next week to deal with rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
The legislature will convene at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, and the special session will last about five days.
The move comes after the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legislature in limiting the governor’s emergency powers.
He’s asking the legislature to allow him to require masking across Kentucky, but may have to compromise for a mandate under certain peramaters.
The governor also wants lawmakers to allow schools more flexibility to use virtual instruction days (NTI).
Beshear is asking lawmakers to extend the state of emergency he declared at the start of the pandemic until January 15—the date lawmakers are set to return to Frankfort again.
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