![In this April 19, 2021 CDA Press file photo, the majority of those who attended a special meeting of the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees did not wear masks and many brought anti-mask signs. During that meeting, the board rescinded the district’s mask requirement and made masks “strongly recommended.”](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/02/05/School_board_mask_requirement_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
In this April 19, 2021 CDA Press file photo, the majority of those who attended a special meeting of the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees did not wear masks and many brought anti-mask signs. During that meeting, the board rescinded the district’s mask requirement and made masks “strongly recommended.”
February 6, 2024
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February 6, 2024 1:07 a.m.
New bill seeks to prevent government mask mandates
If passed into law, the new bill would prevent governments in Idaho from implementing mask mandates to fight infectious diseases.