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Category: COVID-19

  • January 13, 2022 - Little, Wasden praise win on OSHA vaccine mandate strike down at U.S. Supreme Court

    (Boise, Idaho) – Governor Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following joint statement praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today striking down President Joe Biden’s overreaching OSHA vaccine mandate on private businesses with 100 or more employees. The Court narrowly upheld Biden’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which affects 17 million Americans […]

  • January 6, 2022 - SCOTUS to hold historic special hearing Friday on Biden vaccine mandates

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on the U.S. Supreme Court’s plans to hold a special hearing Friday to hear oral arguments on President Joe Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate on private business and the CMS vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. Governor Little provided the following comment on this historic step. “Idaho is engaged […]

  • December 21, 2021 - National study finds Idaho one of best states for pandemic response

    Boise, Idaho – A new State Pandemic Scorecard shows Idaho ranks #4 overall, #3 for education, and #4 for economy in our handling of the pandemic under the leadership of Governor Brad Little. “Idaho’s high ranking among states for our pandemic response reinforces our emphasis on choice and freedom. Our businesses and schools stayed open. […]

  • December 20, 2021 - Idaho files emergency motion asking SCOTUS to reinstate stay on OSHA vaccine mandate

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today that Idaho, joined by 26 other states, filed an emergency motion to reinstate the stay in the U.S. Supreme Court on Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate on private business, after a three-judge panel in the Sixth Circuit dissolved the stay Friday, allowing the OSHA rule to go into […]

  • December 7, 2021 - Court halts Biden’s federal contractor vaccine mandate

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on the news that the courts put in place a nationwide injunction on President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors.  “Yet another one of President Biden’s vaccine mandates has been temporarily shut down because the states – including Idaho – took a stand against his unprecedented […]

  • November 30, 2021 - Court halts implementation of Biden’s healthcare worker vaccine mandate in Idaho

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on the action by a Louisiana court granting a nationwide injunction today in the “CMS case,” which temporarily stops implementation of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on healthcare workers in Idaho. Governor Little and Attorney General Wasden filed the lawsuit on behalf of the State of Idaho earlier this […]

  • November 17, 2021 - Biden administration suspends enforcement of OSHA vaccine mandate

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on the news that the Biden Administration, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), announced it has suspended enforcement of the president’s vaccine mandate on private companies with 100 or more employees. “The Biden administration is putting his OSHA vaccine mandate on hold, thanks to the […]

  • November 16, 2021 - Gov. Little joins third lawsuit challenging Biden vaccine mandates

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today Idaho joined another lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s unprecedented government overreach and vaccine mandates. Idaho and 11 other states are part of a Louisiana lawsuit seeking to stop Biden’s vaccine mandate on healthcare workers. The lawsuit follows a similar but separate 10-state challenge filed in Missouri. The […]

  • November 4, 2021 - Idaho will sue Biden Administration Friday over OSHA vaccine mandate

    Boise, Idaho – The U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration released an Emergency Temporary Standard today, a new rule requiring private employers with 100 or more employees to require vaccination or testing and masking for its employees. The move stems from another one of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. The rule impacts […]