FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, left, talks with Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, during the first 2021-22 legislative session in the Assembly Chambers at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature has repealed Democratic Gov. Evers' statewide mask mandate Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Health experts have warned against repealing the mandate, saying masks are probably the most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
MADISON, Wis. — 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.