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Arkansas Farm Bureau Selects Leaders, Sets Policy

Special to Deltaplex NewsDan Wright, a poultry producer from Waldron, was elected Friday as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s president, becoming the 12th person to serve in that role in the organization’s 89-year history. Mike Freeze of Little Rock will continue as vice president for the ...
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Attorney General rejects ballot title of legislation to repeal abortion ban

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected on Tuesday the wording of a proposed ballot measure that, if approved, would repeal the state’s abortion ban and prohibit restriction of the procedure within 18 weeks after conception.Arkansans for Limited Government submitted ...
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UAMS grant renewed to train doctors in rural areas

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $17.6 million federal grant renewal to further its goal of increasing the number of practicing primary care physicians in the state, particularly in rural and medically underserved communities.Administered by the ...
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Truck hits restaurant at Fort Smith, kills one person and injures four more

One person was killed and four others injured when the driver of a truck crashed through a busy restaurant in Fort Smith Wednesday afternoon.According to a preliminary report, the driver, who was not identified in the report, was southbound in the parking lot at ...
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Sanders names Rapert to State Library Board

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday announced the appointment of former Arkansas Sen. Jason Rapert to a six year term on the State Library Board.Rapert, described by right-leaning education and research organization Family Council as a "staunch conservative and a proponent of biblical worldview," ...
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Pulaski County man killed in Sunday accident

A Pulaski County man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Little Rock Sunday.According to a preliminary report, Chrishawn Sullivan, 24, of North Little Rock was westbound on West 65th Street when the 2023 Honda he was driving struck a light pole located on ...
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Corrections board and governor squabble over temporary prison beds

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin urged the state Board of Corrections Friday to approve 500 temporary prison beds, sharply criticizing the panel for not moving forward with an effort to alleviate overcrowding.Sanders urged the ...
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Game and Fish predicts more than 100,000 duck hunters to visit Arkansas during hunting season

Arkansas Game and Fish officials predict over 100,000 hunters will be hitting the duck blinds during the 2023-2024 duck hunting season.Jim Harris, managing editor of the AGF Wildlife Magazine, said deer season tends to bring out more hunters, but the state is still known ...
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Boozman questions border security with Homeland Security Secretary

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the administration’s failure to secure the border.“By every metric the border is a disaster. Despite the rhetoric of the administration the numbers reported by the Border Patrol ...
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Westerman files for reelection to 4th Congressional district

U.S. Congressman Bruce Westerman, Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, Officially Files for Re-Election to Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District“Arkansas has what America needs and ...
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Governor Sanders endorses Trump for president

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump’s press secretary, on Monday endorsed his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.Sanders, who took office in January as Arkansas governor after a campaign where she touted her ...
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Tyson announces recall of chicken nuggets

Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds (13,600 kilograms) of breaded chicken ""Fun Nuggets’’ after consumers complained of finding metal pieces in the dinosaur-shaped patties.The nuggets, sold in 29-ounce bags, were produced on Sept. 5 by the Berryville, Arkansas, company. Tyson informed the U.S. ...
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