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Idaho governor nixes lieutenant governor's mask-mandate ban

by Keith Ridler
| May 31, 2021 12:03 AM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor, describing her actions as a tyrannical abuse of power and an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.”

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