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State panel OK’s vaccine mandate for health care facilities

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Friday cleared the way for state-run health care facilities to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine after officials warned that blocking the move would jeopardize more than $700 million in federal funding. The Arkansas Legislative Council... Read More.
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Panel formed to look at spending COVID money

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday formed a panel to come up with ways to spend the $1.5 billion the state is receiving from the latest federal coronavirus relief package. The Republican governor formed a 15-member steering committee for the... Read More.

Arkansas House panel OKs bans on trans youth treatments

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel on Tuesday advanced legislation banning gender-confirming health care for minors, despite opponents warning it would further stigmatize and harm transgender youth. The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee endorsed the measure on a 12-4 vote,... Read More.
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Senate panel OK’s home delivery of alcohol

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate panel on Tuesday advanced legislation allowing home delivery of alcohol by liquor stores, a measure that would make permanent something that’s been temporarily allowed during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee approved... Read More.
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Panel says state needs new strategy to reduce coronavirus

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A White House panel’s report released Wednesday said Arkansas needs a different strategy for reducing coronavirus transmission and said it should work with communities to limit social gatherings. The White House Coronavirus Task Force said in its latest report, dated... Read More.
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Panel OKs funding for levee repair along Arkansas River

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A state commission has approved nearly $9 million in funding to repair levees that were damaged by record flooding last year. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission approved the $8.8 million in grant funding Thursday for 14 groups overseeing levees along... Read More.
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Panel votes in support of closing Pine Bluff charter school

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas panel overseeing charter schools has recommended the closure of a publicly funded charter school in Pine Bluff amid concerns over the school’s finances and academic performance. The state’s Charter Authorizing Panel voted in support Wednesday of closing Southeast... Read More.

State Panel Says Pine Bluff’s Lighthouse School Should Close

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The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel agreed Tuesday to deny renewing a state charter for the Pine Bluff Lighthouse Academy next year. The panel voted 3-2, saying that the school has low achievement levels. The state board will have the final vote in January. Lighthouse, which... Read More.
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