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A Pulaski County circuit judge ruled Wednesday that the state Legislature's ban on mask mandates imposed by government agencies and public schools is unconstitutional.

When: West Earl Twp. supervisors meeting, followed by budget review session, Nov. 15.

Arkansas schools that do not make students and staffers wear masks to prevent covid infection have a 25% higher rate of virus transmission than schools that mandate facial coverings, Gov. Asa Hutchinson's chief health care adviser said Monday.

Arkansas schools that do not make students and staffers wear masks to prevent covid infection have a 25% higher rate of virus transmission than schools that mandate facial coverings, Gov. Asa Hutchinson's chief health care adviser said Monday.

The judge has already temporarily blocked the ban on mask mandates, but heard arguments on Monday.

The judge has already temporarily blocked the ban on mask mandates, but heard arguments on Monday.

Two Pulaski County officials who have publicly opposed a state law that would ban local government mask mandates asked Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox to set the law aside permanently because it infringes upon the constitutional right of local officials to govern as they see fit.

“You wonder as you’re in your house ‘Are the windows going to hold?’” Port Deposit resident Eric Higgins recalled thinking as a hurricane swept through his home years ago. “You

If you were to walk into the Pulaski County County Regional Detention Center you would find a lot of women working in and around the facility.

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Friday that she will appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court a Pulaski County circuit judge's ruling that temporarily bars authorities from enforcing a state law banning mask mandates by most state and governmental entities, including the public schools.