PHOENIX (AP) — A new opinion from Arizona's attorney general says Pima County can continue to enforce its face-mask mandates to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in spite of Republican Gov. Doug Ducey's order blocking those local rules.
Tuesday's opinion from Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office says the governor could order the state health department to issue rules barring local mandates.
Or he could ignore the opinion and try to enforce his executive order on his own.
The developments came as Arizona's daily rate of additional confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to creep upward while the daily rate of related deaths is down.
