When Gov. Evan Mecham took office in January 1987, one of his first actions was to rescind Babbitt's MLK Day order, which he said hadn't been legally enacted. He urged lawmakers to refer the issue ...

Day as a holiday and the only state that required a public vote to do so. In 1987, Gov. Evan Mecham fulfilled a promise to cancel an executive order from former Gov. Bruce Babbitt that would have ...