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The New York Daily News reports: The NYPD’s largest union sued the city Monday, asking a judge to block Mayor de Blasio’s COVID vaccine mandate from taking effect this week.The lawsuit, filed in Staten Island Supreme Court by the Police Benevolent Association, argued that the NYPD’s “vax or test” program, which requires unvaccinated officers to get tested weekly, was enough …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence, who, according to a Friday report from Axios, is running for president in 2024 and “has no plans to defer to his former boss” if former President Donald Trump runs again, is apparently seeking to improve his conservative credentials by visiting a California In-N-Out. It is unclear where in the …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE DOOCY: Right, I mean, our company — like a lot of companies have vaccine requirements — we either had to have gotten the shots, or get tested every day. And when we’re in common areas, everybody needs to wear a mask. There are a lot of companies coast to coast, I was just looking …

Reuters reports: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday night turned away a religious challenge to a requirement that healthcare workers in Maine be vaccinated against COVID-19, the latest such bid rejected by the nation’s top judicial body. In a brief order, Breyer wrote that the challengers – unnamed plaintiffs who said they are healthcare workers and object to …

New York City’s ABC News affiliate reports: New York City will require all municipal employees to get vaccinated, eliminating the testing option for unvaccinated members of the city workforce. Workers must get their first shot by October 29, under an order expected to be announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio later today. Employees who do not get vaccinated will be …

The Texas Tribune reports: Bills intended to block any Texas entity, including hospitals and private businesses, from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for employees failed to pass the Texas Legislature before lawmakers adjourned the third special legislative session early Tuesday morning. Signs that the legislation was in trouble came early as business groups spoke out against the proposals. Even though the issue …

“I’ve got a bad temper and I don’t want to be working for anybody. So I worked for myself and I choose who to partner with, so I partner with Cumulus, you’re probably listening to me on a Cumulus station now. “So Cumulus, for some stupid reason, thought it would be a really good idea to do a vaccine mandate. …

The Sporting News reports: ESPN college football and basketball reporter Allison Williams is leaving the network over parent company Disney’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, she announced Saturday. Williams, who joined ESPN in 2011, has been vocal about her decision not to get the vaccine. She announced via Twitter on Sept. 9 that she would not be on college football sidelines in …

The Hill reports: “I am a defender of the employer’s right to provide a healthy workplace. You would have just as many workers say, ‘I don’t want to work there because it’s not a healthy workplace, because not everybody’s going to be vaccinated.’ The employers are in a tough position. They would have the prerogative to make those decisions and …

The Bangor Daily News reports: The appellate court in Boston on Friday denied an emergency request to keep Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate from being enforced, marking the second legal defeat in a week for mandate opponents. Maine’s mandate that requires health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29 or risk losing their jobs. The three-judge panel …

The Associated Press reports: The Republican speaker of the Ohio House has once again put the brakes on a GOP bill restricting employers’ ability to require that workers receive the coronavirus vaccine. Speaker Bob Cupp is a Republican from Lima. His announcement Wednesday afternoon suggests House Bill 435 has little chance of passing the House in its current form. All …

Mediaite reports: Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva spoke with Tucker Carlson Tuesday night about his decision not to enforce the vaccine mandate. He told Carlson, “I believe in the vaccine, I believe in the science, but if someone else who is an employee does not believe in that, who am I to impose on them my belief system?” Villanueva …

Bloomberg News reports: American Airlines Group Inc., the biggest U.S. airline, and No. 4 Southwest Airlines Co. will follow President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring that employees be vaccinated against Covid-19, defying an order from the Texas governor blocking such actions. The decisions Tuesday set up an immediate challenge to Republican Governor Greg Abbott by two of the state’s largest corporations. …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Southwest Airlines and the union representing its pilots say that crew members didn’t call out of work sick to protest vaccine mandates and cripple the carrier’s operations during the busy holiday weekend. The Dallas-based airline has canceled more than 2,000 flights since Friday afternoon, citing a mix of bad weather, air traffic control issues and …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued another executive order attempting to crack down on COVID-19 vaccine mandates — this time banning any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring vaccinations from employees or customers. Abbott also called on the Legislature to pass a law to the same effect. COVID-19 vaccine requirements by government agencies, …

The Washington Post reports: Amid a growing push for passengers on domestic flights to show proof of vaccination, top infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said he doesn’t see it happening in the near future. His statement came Sunday during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” after anchor Dana Bash asked if he would like an air travel vaccine …

The Washington Post reports: Hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members remain unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Pentagon’s first compliance deadlines near, with lopsided rates across the individual services and a spike in deaths among military reservists illustrating how political division over the shots has seeped into a nonpartisan force with unambiguous orders. For instance, …

The Washington Examiner reports: Los Angeles’s sheriff said he is refusing to enforce the vaccine mandate passed by the City Council among his workforce, citing how the issue of COVID-19 vaccines has become “so politicized.” “I’m not forcing anyone,” Villanueva said Thursday. “The issue has become so politicized. There are entire groups of employees that are willing to be fired …

The Hill reports: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced during a press conference Monday that 95 percent of staff from the city’s Department of Education are vaccinated against the coronavirus as an employee mandate takes effect. The mayor touted the public school employee vaccination rate, which reached 96 percent among teachers and 99 percent among principals, saying it …

The Seattle Times reports: As deadlines draw near for tens of thousands of state workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some Washington agencies have started sending separation notices to employees who have not shown they are vaccinated. Meanwhile, other large agencies — like the Washington State Patrol, Department of Corrections, and the Department of Social and Health Services — are …