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Arkansas Governor Expresses Regret Over, Statewide Mask Ban.On Sunday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinsoncontinued to express regret over his decision to prohibit citizensfrom protecting themselves against COVID-19.The Republican governor saidthat his decision in April 2021to sign a statewide law banningmask mandates was “an error.”.Everything has changed now … And yes, inhindsight, I wish that had not become law, Governor Asa Hutchinson, via 'Huffpost'.Although “cases were low” at the time of his signing,Gov. Hutchinson acknowledged that the situation has since“roared back” to dangerous levels, due to the delta variant. .Whenever I signed that law, our cases werelow, we were hoping that the whole thingwas gone, in terms of the virus, but it roaredback with the delta variant, Governor Asa Hutchinson, via 'Huffpost'.Gov. Hutchinson went on to say that he has askedthe legislature to at least “redo” the portion of the lawthat extends the ban to school districts. .I realized that we needed to have moreoptions for our local school districts toprotect those children. And so I asked thelegislature to redo the law that prohibited thoserequirements or those options for the schooldistricts to protect the children, Governor Asa Hutchinson, via 'Huffpost'.There is currently a temporary block in place on theenforcement of the state’s mask mandate ban in schools. .Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox made hisdecision to block the law on August 6, in response to anumber of lawsuits filed by parents and a school district. .He issued the preliminaryinjunction just shortly afterthe state’s General Assemblygathered, yet failed toamend the law. .According to Judge Fox, the law “cannot be enforced inany shape, fashion or form” while the lawsuits continue.