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Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing mask mandate ban

by Andrew DeMILLO
| August 6, 2021 10:03 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on mask mandates after lawmakers left the prohibition in place despite a rising number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

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