ARKANSAS, USA — State lawmakers should pass a newly filed hate crimes bill and Arkansas employers need to fully embrace vaccines for their workers. That’s the blunt assessment from Randy Zook, CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas.
Zook, who appeared on this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, said despite the reluctance of legislative leadership to label SB 622 as a hate crimes measure, that’s what the bill effectively is.
“If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. That would be my answer to that. Yes, it is [a hate crimes bill], and yes it does. It’s an Arkansas solution to a tough challenge and it’s appropriate,” Zook said.
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