ADVERTISEMENT Rethink mask law, Little Rock asks legislators Local governments should have option of face-covering rules, resolution says by Joseph Flaherty | Today at 7:11 a.m. FILE — Little Rock City Hall is shown in this 2019 file photo. Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday evening approved a resolution asking state lawmakers to reconsider a law passed earlier this year that bars local governments from enacting mask mandates during a surge in covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas. The symbolic measure was adopted as part of the consent agenda without discussion, though Vice Mayor Lance Hines said he would like the record to reflect he was a "nay" vote on the resolution.