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.
The Little Rock law firm of Wright, Lindsey and Jennings fired back in court Friday in a dispute with its landlord over $400,000 in rent the law firm has refused to pay because of the condition of its office building.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Friday that she will appeal 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 public schools.
The owner of the Bank of America building in downtown Little Rock wants to kick out its largest tenant, the law firm of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, over a dispute involving $400,000 in unpaid rent and what law firm executives say is the poor condition of the 24-story skyscraper.
The Little Rock School Board, which sued the state for the right to require students and employees to wear masks, followed through on Thursday with an 8-0 vote for face coverings to be worn inside school buildings and at school functions.