Salt Lake County Council keeps mask mandate in place, but chair says Utah lawmakers have vowed to intervene

Council members will meet with state leaders on Monday to discuss alternative plans to keep schools and vital industries functioning as COVID-19 cases skyrocket.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Eleanor Sundwall and her daughter Matilda, 11, supporting the recently imposed mask mandate by the the Salt Lake County Health Department and Mayor Jenny Wilson, show up at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, to try and counteract those in opposition as they Salt Lake County council takes another vote that ended up keeping the mandate in place.

Salt Lake County Council keeps mask mandate in place, but chair says Utah lawmakers have vowed to intervene

Council members will meet with state leaders on Monday to discuss alternative plans to keep schools and vital industries functioning as COVID-19 cases skyrocket.

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