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Arkansas Department of Health responds to new CDC mask guidance An exciting announcement from the CDC Thursday (May 13) that if you are fully vaccinated, you don’t have to wear masks in places they once recommended. Author: Kathryn Gilker Updated: 8:34 PM CDT May 13, 2021 ARKANSAS, USA An exciting announcement from the CDC Thursday (May 13) that if you are fully vaccinated, you don’t have to wear masks in places they once recommended. Dr. Jennifer Dillaha with the Arkansas Department of Health says this is a great relief to a lot of fully vaccinated Arkansans who have continued to wear masks. “This is all good news for us, and this is the great time of year not to have to wear a mask, summer is coming, and we are ready to get on with our lives,” Dr. Jennifer Dillaha said. ....
Fort Smith Times Record City officials are looking into why sales taxes in Fort Smith were higher than anticipated for all but the first two months of COVID-19 s onset. Sales taxes collected in May 2020 through March 2021 have consistently outpaced monthly totals for the year before. In 2020, the revenues resulted in roughly $1.8 million more from the three city sales taxes than in 2019. The total sales taxes, which include a 1.25% county sales tax, were more than $1 million above budget, according to City Administrator Carl Geffken. Has it become part of the underlying amount of sales tax we’re going to receive, or is there an issue, a topic, an item something that’s going to make all of this sales tax revenue that we’re not anticipating to come in, is it going to make it a one-off? said Geffken. ....