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Arkansas governor: Call on lifting limits stays with state

Arkansas' governor says the call on how to lift the state's restrictions because of the coronavirus will remain with the state.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas' governor says the call on how to lift the state's restrictions because of the coronavirus will remain with the state.

That's despite President Donald Trump's assertions that the president has total control over the states. 

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state health officials on Tuesday announced the state's coronavirus cases had increased to nearly 1,500 people. 

The state reported two more deaths, bringing its total dead from the virus to 32.  

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