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Rethink mask law, Little Rock asks legislators
Local governments should have option of face-covering rules, resolution says
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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.
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Little Rock sales tax proposal once again tabled until July
The Little Rock Board of Directors tabled Mayor Frank Scott Jr. s penny sales tax proposal until at least July. Author: Melissa Zygowicz Updated: 10:16 PM CDT May 11, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. The Little Rock Board of Directors tabled Mayor Frank Scott Jr. s penny sales tax proposal until at least July.
Tuesday s board of director s meeting was specially called to discuss the mayor s penny sales tax proposal. It would have gone to a special election in July if passed. But, City Director Kathy Webb made a motion to table it immediately.