State sues EPA on clean air regulations

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject its plan to comply with federal rules that are supposed to assure that the state’s coal-fired power plants and industrial sites don’t pollute the air in... Read More.
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Sheriff sues county judge, quorum court over budget

By Ray King Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr. has filed suit against County Judge Gerald Robinson and members of the Quorum Court over a reduction in his budget for this year. The suit was filed Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court and in addition to... Read More.
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Simmons Bank sues former employees and rival bank

By Ray King More than two dozen former employees of Simmons Bank and Simmons First National Corporation have been accused of taking Simmons trade secrets and confidential information to the Little Rock based bank where they now work. In addition, a lawsuit filed in Jefferson County... Read More.

Arkansas AG sues TV pastor over virus treatment claims

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced a lawsuit against Morningside Church Productions, Inc., which conducts business as The Jim Bakker Show, as well as Jim Bakker and Sherrill Sellman, for falsely telling Arkansas consumers that colloidal silver products would cure,... Read More.
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Group sues again to block Arkansas eye law referendum

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Supporters of an Arkansas law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform mounted a new legal challenge Thursday to prevent a referendum on the measure from appearing on November’s ballot. Arkansans for Healthy Eyes filed the lawsuit after the state Supreme... Read More.

Lawyer sues Arkansas officials for not allowing gun in court

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas attorney is suing local officials for denying him access to a courthouse while carrying a handgun, testing a state law meant to allow lawyers to possess firearms on court premises, according to the law’s authors. Chris Corbitt, a... Read More.