Supporters of an effort to place new regulations on data centers in Arkansas’ most populous county are expected to seek an override after an official vetoed the proposal last week.
Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde on Friday vetoed the new rules for data centers approved by the quorum court earlier this month. The measure was written by Wendell Griffen, a former circuit and appeals court judge and current Democratic nominee for county judge, and sponsored by Justice of the Peace Julie Blackwood, a Democrat.
Hyde, a Democrat who Griffen defeated in the primary earlier this year, raised questions about the legal risks of enacting the new regulations…