Salina voted to keep mask mandate. Now businesses threaten lawsuits.

At this week’s city commission meeting, several members of the public indicated they would be filing lawsuits against the City of Salina in response to the continuation of a face mask mandate in the city. A Kansas Senate bill allows a channel for citizens to seek recourse if they’ve been damaged by the mandates. Salina faced its first of these suits last week. It was dismissed, noting that a Kansas city has “home rule authority,” or final say in how to interpret a state mandate. Mayor Melissa Hodges said she understands that each individual that plans to file a suit has a different set of circumstances. “At this point, we are prepared to address those (suits) as they come,” Hodges said.
Source: Salina Journal.