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Did Treg Taylor beat back Biden's COVID vaccine mandates?

Matches stated direction. Alaska joined suits against federal vaccine rules: courts blocked the ones for large employers and Head Start workers, but the Supreme Court let the health care worker rule go ahead.

Treg Taylor

Suing over federal COVID vaccine mandates

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In the October 8 debate he said he beat back President Biden's COVID vaccine mandates on behalf of Alaskans.

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In November 2021 Alaska joined other states in suing over two federal rules: one for workers at large private employers and one for health care workers. On January 13, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the employer rule but, 5 to 4, let the health care worker rule go ahead. In December 2021 Alaska and 23 other states sued over the rule for Head Start workers, and in September 2022 a federal judge in Louisiana permanently blocked it in those states. A judge in Georgia blocked the rule for federal contractors in a separate case; Alaska backed that ruling with a brief and had its own suit pending.

Limit: The Supreme Court let the health care worker mandate go ahead while that case went on. Each suit was brought by a group of states.

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  1. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 53:49)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3229s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he beat back President Biden's COVID vaccine mandates on behalf of Alaskans. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

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  2. Supreme Court blocks OSHA vaccine requirement, lets CMS mandate proceedhttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/011322-VaccineRequirement.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jan 13, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated January 13, 2022. Alaska sued over the employer rule with 10 states and over the health care worker rule with nine. The Supreme Court blocked the first and, 5 to 4, let the second go ahead.

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  3. Alaska files court challenge to halt Head Start mandatehttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2021/122121-HeadStart.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Dec 21, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated December 21, 2021. Alaska joins 23 other states in a Louisiana federal court suit against the vaccine rule for Head Start workers and volunteers; Taylor filed it for the state.

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  4. Vaccine mandate for Head Start overturnedhttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/092122-VaccineMandate.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Sep 21, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated September 21, 2022. A federal judge in Louisiana orders a permanent injunction against the Head Start vaccine and mask rule in Alaska and 23 other states.

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  5. Alaska continues effort to block contractor vaccine mandatehttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2022/021622-Mandate.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Feb 16, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated February 16, 2022. A federal judge in Georgia had blocked the contractor rule nationwide; Alaska joins 17 states on a brief backing that ruling, and its own suit with nine states is pending in Missouri.

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