(Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers renewed his statewide mask-wearing mandate on Thursday, defying votes by the Republican-controlled legislature to repeal his earlier order requiring face coverings in public spaces to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The action by Evers, a Democrat who has clashed with Republican lawmakers since taking office two years ago, came hours after the state Assembly voted in favor of a repeal resolution the state Senate passed a week ago.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Editing by Chris Reese)
