Protest Targets Washington County Quorum Court CARES Act, American Rescue Plan Relief Expenditures

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published August 20, 2021 at 12:09 PM CDT

Samuel Rivera Lopez holds up a placard at Thursday evening protest at the Washington County Quorum Court in Fayetteville.

Progressive Washington County residents are protesting how the Republican-majority Washington County Quorum Court is failing to allocate millions of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief to help thousands of county residents struggling due to the pandemic as well as on criminal justice reforms.

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