7 GOP lawmakers in Arkansas test positive for COVID-19

Seven Republican lawmakers in Arkansas have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past several days as the state reports an increase in infection and hospitalization rates.The most recent infected lawmaker is state Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, a former chairwoman of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, according to the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette, which first reported Bledsoe’s diagnosis Monday.Bledsoe’s son is the state’s surgeon…