Political Rewind: Stick Or Carrot? Varied Approaches From Leaders To Boost Public Health Efforts
Friday on Political Rewind: The distressing surge of COVID-19 cases hogged many of the news headlines this week.\n\nMany Georgia schools are back in session, and with the reopening of classrooms,\xa0debates rage\xa0over\xa0whether to require masks for students and staff. Gov. Brian Kemp faces\xa0pressure from state legislative leaders to ban mask mandates in school systems across the Peach State.\xa0Meanwhile, businesses contemplate what to do about vaccines for employees.\n\nIn other news, local Georgia officials are strategizing how they will win funds from the $1 trillion infrastructure bill if it passes the U.S. Senate.\xa0\n\nMeanwhile, Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is headed to Iowa where she will hold an event that some analysts expect could be measured as a litmus test for her potential candidacy for president.\n\nPanelists:\n\nGreg Bluestein \u2014 Political reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\n\nRep. Stacey Evans \u2014 State representative (D-Atlanta)\n\nEric Tanenblatt \u2014 Republican insider\n\nFred Smith \u2014 Professor of constitutional law, Emory University