stand ground bill advances in house

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel on Tuesday advanced legislation loosening the state’s restrictions on the use of deadly force in self defense, weeks after rejecting the same measure. The House Judiciary Committee voted 10-9 for the bill that would remove would... Read More.
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The Department of Workforce Services is Being Sued

A state agency is facing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services is being sued by Legal Aid of Arkansas.  The lawsuit claims the agency is not being forthcoming with how decisions are being made during the pandemic and its... Read More.
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Arkansas bill: Ban transgender athletes from female sports

By ANDREW DeMILLO LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Republican attorney general and lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday that would prohibit transgender athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams at schools. Acknowledging she wasn’t aware of any instances in Arkansas of transgender athletes playing on... Read More.
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weather linked to drop in COVID case reports

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday continued seeing a low number of new coronavirus cases after a week of winter weather slowed down testing and vaccinations. The Department of Health reported 245 new virus cases, bringing the state’s total since the pandemic began... Read More.
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