Businesses hope lifting of Kansas City's mask mandate brings customers into stores [View all]

Pandemic weary businesses hope that the end of the mask mandate in Kansas City will soon lead to a crush of customers through their doors.

The City Council voted to rescind the city’s mask order on Thursday, but approved keeping a mandate for kids and adults in school.

Businesses in Kansas City may still ask that patrons wear a mask to enter. There’s is also a mask rule in place at city buildings, and masks must still be worn in federal buildings and at the Kansas City International Airport.

Although the lifting of the mandate was hailed by some, businesses, especially smaller ones, said what they need most is for shoppers to return and make the cash registers start ringing.

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