Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Friday that she will appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court a Pulaski County circuit judge's ruling that temporarily bars authorities from enforcing a state law banning mask mandates by most state and governmental entities, including the public schools.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Friday that she will appeal a Pulaski County circuit judge’s ruling that temporarily bars authorities from enforcing a state law banning mask mandates by most state and governmental entities, including public schools.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that he will retain outside legal counsel to represent him in a lawsuit in which he is a defendant a case in which a Pulaski County circuit judge on Friday temporarily barred authorities from enforcing a state law banning mask mandates by most state and local governmental entities, including public schools.
The Arkansas Legislature on Friday ended its three-day special session without making the change sought by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, to allow public school districts to require children under age 12 to wear masks in hopes of containing the spread of the coronavirus.