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Federal judge blocks abortion restrictions

Wednesday, December 23 by Ray King

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge in Little Rock has temporarily blocked four new abortion restrictions hours after they took effect in Arkansas, including one that bans a procedure commonly used in the second trimester. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker late Tuesday granted... Read More.

Federal inmate convicted of killing Arkansas family put to death

Tuesday, July 14 by Greg

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The... Read More.

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Victims’ family asks for delay of federal inmate’s execution

Wednesday, July 8 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Family members of the victims of an inmate scheduled to be put to death next week asked a federal judge to delay his execution Tuesday, saying the coronavirus pandemic puts them at risk if they travel to attend it. The... Read More.

Federal judge upholds use of sedative in Arkansas executions

Monday, June 1 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday upheld Arkansas’ execution process, ruling that the state can continue to use a sedative in lethal injections that other states have backed away from and rejecting claims that its use amounts to cruel and... Read More.

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Arizona man sentenced to federal prison on Fentanyl conviction

Friday, May 22 by Ray King

An Arizona man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison Thursday for his involvement in a fentanyl conspiracy that took him through Arkansas. Herbierto Felix Ruiz, 48, was arrested Sept. 28, 2017 when Arkansas State Police conducted a traffic stop in Russellville on a... Read More.

Pine Bluff Transit gets $2.2 million Federal grant

Thursday, May 21 by Ray King

LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday a $2.2 million grant award to Pine Bluff Transit as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald J. Trump on March 27, 2020. Pine Bluff Transit will use the grant funds for transit operations, capital expenses, preventive maintenance, paratransit, and services and equipment... Read More.

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Federal Trade Commission warns against nursing homes stealing stimulus checks from patients

Tuesday, May 19 by Greg

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an alert to consumers to be on the lookout for nursing homes and assisted living facilities that are requiring residents who are on Medicaid to sign their stimulus checks over to the facilities. In a blog post,... Read More.

Spike in COVID-19 in St. Francis County linked to federal prison

Tuesday, May 12 by Ray King

By Ray King Governor Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that an additional 121 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, with 27 of them residing in St. Francis County, which is the home of the Federal Correctional Institute. The federal prison, located at Forrest... Read More.

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Federal judge rejects abortion clinic’s bid to block virus test rule

Thursday, May 7 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request by Arkansas’ only surgical abortion clinic to block a rule requiring a negative coronavirus test before a woman undergoes the procedure. U.S. District Judge Brian Miller rejected the motion to prevent the... Read More.

Federal court allows Arkansas ban on surgical abortions due to virus

Wednesday, April 22 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed Arkansas to ban most surgical abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved a judge’s temporary restraining order that allowed surgical abortions to continue... Read More.

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Federal judge blocks Arkansas surgical abortion virus ban

Wednesday, April 15 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ order preventing the state’s only surgical abortion clinic from performing the procedure during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision came as health officials announced that at least 1,498 people in the state have been... Read More.

Federal court realigns district offices in eastern Arkansas

Wednesday, December 4 by Greg

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The federal court in eastern Arkansas is reshuffling its district offices, a cost-cutting effort that will draw criminal jury pools from areas closer to where the crime took place. The realignment of the Eastern District of Arkansas ends a longstanding... Read More.

Stories tagged with: federal

Federal judge blocks abortion restrictions

Federal inmate convicted of killing Arkansas family put to death

Victims’ family asks for delay of federal inmate’s execution

Federal judge upholds use of sedative in Arkansas executions

Arizona man sentenced to federal prison on Fentanyl conviction

Pine Bluff Transit gets $2.2 million Federal grant

Federal Trade Commission warns against nursing homes stealing stimulus checks from patients

Spike in COVID-19 in St. Francis County linked to federal prison

Federal judge rejects abortion clinic’s bid to block virus test rule

Federal court allows Arkansas ban on surgical abortions due to virus

Federal judge blocks Arkansas surgical abortion virus ban

Federal court realigns district offices in eastern Arkansas

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