Ron DeSantis introduces Florida first lady Casey DeSantis during a news conference announcing the Resiliency Florida initiative, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. - Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
A group of Florida Democrats in Congress unveiled legislation on Friday aimed at allowing local governments and private businesses to impose their own COVID-19 rules — and ignore any state laws that are imposed by the Florida Legislature. U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel introduced the Let Our Cities And Local businesses Help Employees Achieve Long-Term Health (LOCAL HEALTH) Act, a bill that would allow local governments and private businesses to pursue COVID-19 mitigation efforts such as a vaccine or mask mandates. Frankel said the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause, which gives Congress th...
