Students Mask Up, Home Prices Go Up

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published August 13, 2021 at 12:12 PM CDT

Dozens of Arkansas school boards are voting for mask mandates. Michael Tilley, with Talk Business and Politics, talks about that and the value of homes increasing (still) in the Arkansas River Valley.

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