â Brazil begins mass vaccine study in poor Rio neighborhood â Israel to offer 3rd Pfizer booster shot to older citizens â Global leaders pledges $4B to repair COVID-19 education damage â Conservative 31-year-old Missouri man in hospital: Will get vaccine âââ âââ HEREâS WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. â Arkansasâ Republican governor is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to lift the stateâs ban on mask requirements in public schools. Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said heâll call the majority-Republican Legislature into session likely next week to amend a state law that prohibits state and local government entities from requiring face masks. Hutchinson said heâll propose giving local school boards the power to decide whether to require masks in K-12 schools.