Fresh from rejecting a proposal to allow schools to require masks for young students, some Arkansas lawmakers are now targeting businesses that require employees to be vaccinated against covid-19.
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Arkansas businesses attempt to combat worker shortage by offering incentives
As businesses have started to reopen, more and more businesses are dealing with a shortage of workers in Arkansas. Author: Ian Russell (KTHV) Updated: 6:44 PM CDT July 13, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. As businesses start to reopen, more and more businesses are dealing with a shortage of workers. To counteract that, some have turned to incentives to entice potential employees. We re actually lower than expected as far as the number of personnel on board, Eliecer Palacios, owner and operator of McDonald s at University Ave. and Markham Street, said. So we ve been struggling quite a bit this year.
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Arkansas gender law hurts economy, brief says
Filing supports ACLU challenge
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Rachel Herzog
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July 3, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.
The Richard Sheppard Arnold Federal Courthouse in Little Rock is shown in this Jan. 16, 2021, file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Dale Ellis)
Arkansas law banning gender-transition treatment for young people would adversely affect businesses by harming employees and impairing companies ability to attract and retain a diverse workforce, a group of Arkansas companies and industry groups argued in a friend-of-the court brief filed Friday.
Act 626, officially titled the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, was passed during this year s legislative session and would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming hormones and surgical procedures to transgender young people. It is the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, which is seeking to block the law from going into effect.
Governor Hutchinson to Start Statewide Tour To Answer Questions About COVID-19, Vaccinations
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson will hold a series of Community Covid Conversations to hear first-hand the concerns of Arkansans about COVID-19 and the vaccinations, the Governor announced today
at his weekly news conference. The first meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in Cabot.
The Governor set a goal of vaccinating 50 percent of Arkansans by the end of July. As of today, 39 percent of Arkansans have taken the shot. The Governor will answer questions in the hope of encouraging more Arkansans to receive the vaccine.
“It starts with a conversation with communities,” he said. “It does come down to individual responsibility. I’m the leader of this state. I want to do all I can. It would be easier for me to sit back and say, ‘I’m weary of this COVID conversation.’ I’m sure everybody in this room is. But that’s not leadership. Leadership is saying, ‘Let’s plow on