Coronavirus
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will allow a congressional redistricting plan that trisects the state's most populous county and legislation targeting employer-...
by Michael R. Wickline , Rachel Herzog October 14, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday criticized as "poorly reasoned" a judge's decision last week to block the Bentonville School District from enforcing a mask ...
by Andy Davis October 14, 2021An injunction barring the enforcement of a ban on government mask mandates will stay in place after the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state's...
by Lara Farrar October 1, 2021Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, along with state Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero and Dr. Jera Smith, a family health practitioner, answered questions r...
by Bradly Gill August 17, 2021Only eight intensive care unit beds were available in the state Monday when the state's hospitalizations increased by 103 to 1,376, the largest daily increas...
by Jeannie Roberts August 9, 2021An Arkansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on mask mandates after lawmakers left the prohibition in place despite a ris...
by The Associated Press August 6, 2021TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- It didn't take much for the White House to set Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis off. As coronavirus cases rise across the Sun Belt, Presid...
by The Associated. Press August 6, 2021New COVID-19 guidelines call for Arkansas schools to maintain as many virus precautions as possible — including mask use in classrooms where children are und...
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , Cynthia Howell , Rachel Herzog , Tess Vrbin July 29, 2021New guidance from the federal government set off a cascade of mask rules across the nation Wednesday as cities, states, schools and businesses raced to bring...
by The Associated Press July 29, 2021Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta var...
by The Associated Press July 26, 2021Coronavirus infections appeared to be continuing to surge in Arkansas on Wednesday, with the count of cases rising by 1,459 and the number of covid-19 patien...
by Andy Davis , Arkansas Democrat-Gazette July 23, 2021Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose Tuesday by 1,875 — the biggest single-day new case total in more than five months — as the number of people hospita...
by Andy Davis , Arkansas Democrat-Gazette July 22, 2021NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday...
by The Associated Press July 12, 2021Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose Wednesday by exactly 1,000 — the largest single-day increase since February — while the number of people hospitaliz...
by Andy Davis , Arkansas Democrat-Gazette July 9, 2021Amid an uptick in new coronavirus cases in Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday urged Arkansans who haven’t been vaccinated to take precautions over the ...
by Andy Davis , Arkansas Democrat-Gazette July 1, 2021