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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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Joseph Flaherty
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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.
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Majority of Fayetteville council agrees cities should decide mask mandates
Fayetteville council authorizes attorney to support suit over ban
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Stacy Ryburn
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August 4, 2021 at 7:33 a.m.
Patrons walk April 3 while visiting the Fayetteville Farmers Market at the downtown square. The Fayetteville City Council, with a majority vote, voiced its support Tuesday for an exemption in state law for cities mandating masks in public. (File photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
FAYETTEVILLE The City Council with a majority vote Tuesday expressed its desire to have local governments make the call on public health measures such as mask mandates and supported a lawsuit against the state over the matter.