I signed it at the time because our cases were at a very low point. I knew that it would be overridden by the legislature if I didn`t sign it. I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point. Everything is changed now. And yes, in hindsight, I wish that had not become law.
Governor Hutchinson expresses regret over signing a ban on mask mandates.
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Our cases read low point. Everything is changed now. And yes, in hindsight, I wish that had not become law.
It’s a tough wall of hesitancy that we see and we’ve been hit very hard in the sense that we have the Delta variant that came and then our vaccination rate was not as high as it should have been.
Well, first of all, that sneak and peek that you talk about is a delayed notice provision, and you have to have a judge's order before a law enforcement officer can do that.
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