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Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal

by Scott Bauer
| February 6, 2021 12:06 AM

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn't have authority to make such a decree.

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