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You’ve got to give flexibility to local government to respond to conditions on the ground, certainly within parameters and goals that are set by the state government.

James Henson, the director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, addressing the pushback that states are receiving after implementing statewide blanketed orders, like California’s mask requirement and Texas’ restaurant capacity reduction. (PEW — June 29, 2020)

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