Legislators have proposed a controversial new bill that would make it a crime to harass others while wearing a mask. It’s not the first time. In New York, mask bans have existed for nearly two ...

Some states are now considering banning masks over concerns face coverings hide the identities of people committing crimes. At least 18 states and Washington, D.C., already have laws that could be ...

Even though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded the parameters for the Hope Scholarship last summer to include students wanting to escape mask mandates, participation among students dropped throughout ...

(1) the particular plaintiffs, who wore masks for health reasons, were excluded from the ordinance's operation, and (2) the risk that officials would misapply the ordinance to them wasn't sufficient ...

During COVID-19’s heyday, many states imposed legally-acceptable masking mandates. Some experts opposed this as inviting discrimination. Now, some states are trying to ban masking entirely. Some claim ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Samuel Shaffery, a legal intern at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and a third-year law student at the CUNY School of Law. New York City Mayor Eric ...

If you’re concerned about dealing with unpleasant remarks about your mask-wearing (or worse), experts we spoke to have advice. Caren Gussoff Sumption, a writer who lives in the Seattle area, estimates ...

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., made an urgent appeal for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to reinstate a ban on face masks, pointing to “sympathizers” of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) while doing so. Hochul in June ...

With less than two weeks to approve a final state budget, Governor Kathy Hochul has thrown a new proposal in the mix, a restriction on the use of masks. It's a concept the gained some ground last June ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through bullhorns and beamed strobe lights into the building to harass him over ...