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Guns-in-schools bills wonât move this legislative session
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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During a March 2020 hearing, Senate State Affairs Committee chairwoman Patti Anne Lodge eyes a line of activists against gun violence ready to testify against a guns-in-schools bill. | Sami Edge, Idaho EdNews
BOISE Two competing guns-in-schools bills will not get a hearing in the waning days of the 2021 legislative session.
âThis sessionâs over,â Senate State Affairs Committee Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Caldwell, told Idaho Education News. âI am not having another committee hearing.â
In an interview Friday â one day after a shooting at Rigby Middle School, which left two students and a school custodian injured â Lodge emphasized the need to train teachers and school staff so they know how to respond to a crisis. And on Thursday, Rigbyâs training worked, Lodge said; a teacher was able to disarm and detain the suspect, fem
Idaho House approves prohibition on mask mandates
By KEITH RIDLERApril 14, 2021 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) The House on Wednesday approved legislation prohibiting mask mandates by government entities in Idaho, voting 47-22 with no Democratic support to send the bill to the Senate.
Republican Gov. Brad Little has never imposed a statewide mask mandate, but a handful of counties and about a dozen cities have to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
“This is a matter of our personal rights and our liberty,” the bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Karey Hanks, told fellow lawmakers.
Contradicting public health experts, she cited information she has that masks aren’t effective in preventing disease.