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Legislators Approve $7 Million to Fund COVID-19 Response in Latino, Marshallese Communities

By • Jul 29, 2020
  • The roll call of legislators who voted for and against the $7 million funding request from the Northwest Arkansas Council.
    The roll call of legislators who voted for and against the $7 million funding request from the Northwest Arkansas Council.

On Tuesday, lawmakers on the Arkansas Legislative Council convened a special meeting to consider two funding requests from the Department of Health. One of the requests for $7 million dollars would be allocated to the Northwest Arkansas Council to carry out testing, contact tracing and case management programs that specifically target the Latinx and Marshallese communities. The funding comes from the $1.25 billion the state received from the federal CARES Act.

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