Midday News Brief
Written by Dan Fischer on May 18, 2021
New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will only need to have a mask on at most places for one more day.
As of tomorrow, the state will be following federal Centers for Disease Control guidance involving facial coverings.
That means fully vaccinated people will no longer be required to wear masks inside or outside and those folks also don’t have to follow social distancing protocols.
However, businesses still have the authority to make their own rules. Masks will still be mandatory in places like schools and hospitals to prevent the spread of germs.
Genesee County drivers are still handing over more of their hard-earned cash at the gas pump. According to Triple A, the average cost for a gallon of regular in Batavia is now $2.97. That’s up just over a penny from last week, and up 76-cents from a year ago. The New York State average is $3.06 gallon.
Since February 16th, no one has won the Mega Millions jackpot but there’s a chance that could change tonight.
There will be 468 million dollars up for grabs for this evening’s drawing, the second time in two years the prize has reached this level.
Only two Mega Millions jackpots have been won since the beginning of 2021.
Tickets cost two bucks and the live drawing starts at 11 p-m at megamillions.com.
City of Batavia School District residents are voting on a school budget today. There is no increase in the tax levy but most assessments have gone up over the past year.
The tax rate itself is decreasing less than one-cent thousand.
Three board of education seats will be decided.
Voting continues until 9 tonight.
School budget balloting is taking place in all school districts today.
