With the governor out of state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order banning mask mandates in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedomBOISE, Idaho -- With the governor out of the state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order Thursday banning mask mandates in schools and public buildings, saying the face-covering directives threatened people’s freedom. Little’s office said McGeachin did not make him aware that she planned to issue the executive order. Little has never issued a statewide mask mandate, but some counties, cities and schools have done so. Courts are not specifically mentioned in the two-page order, and it's not clear how the executive order would effect that branch of government. ————This story has been corrected to say the order bans mask mandates, not masks.

Source: ABC News May 27, 2021 19:52 UTC