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Requests for Arkansas virus business grants reach $147M

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than $147 million in requests were submitted for Arkansas grants intended to help businesses comply with new coronavirus safety rules, officials said Thursday, nearly three times the amount set aside for the program. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission said... Read More.

Union Pacific laying off staff because of the virus outbreak

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. is furloughing most of the staff at its facility in Little Rock that repairs the railroad’s locomotives after seeing a substantial drop in business volume because of the coronavirus pandemic, a company representative said. Kristen South, the... Read More.
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Mobile testing for Corona virus set at McGehee

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A mobile testing unit for the Corona virus will be set up in McGehee on April 20, according to the McGehee Dermott Times News. In a story April 15, the newspaper said that the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, McGehee Hospital, Mainline Health Systems and the... Read More.
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Federal judge blocks Arkansas surgical abortion virus ban

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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.

Easing Arkansas absentee voting rules due to virus rejected

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday rejected an effort to allow voters this fall to cast an absentee ballot without an excuse because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Joint Budget Committee rejected the proposal, which would have waived state law that only... Read More.
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Arkansas governor resists calls for broader virus limits

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor on Thursday resisted issuing a broad stay-at-home order to curb the coronavirus outbreak, even as the state’s cases increased and a second lawmaker tested positive for the virus. Health officials said the number of people with coronavirus had... Read More.

Arkansas may close some state parks over virus concerns

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas may temporarily close some of its most popular parks over concerns that large numbers of out-of-state visitors are crowding them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday. Hutchinson said he is looking at steps to curtail non-resident... Read More.
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Arkansas lawmakers approve COVID-19 fund as virus cases rise

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers voted Friday to create a $173 million rainy day fund to combat coronavirus and to prevent some agencies’ budgets from being cut because of the pandemic’s economic fallout. The House and Senate unanimously approved identical bills moving the... Read More.

Arkansas bans gatherings of more than 10 to curb virus

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Arkansas is banning indoor and enclosed outdoor social gatherings of more than 10 people, with few exceptions, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus that has infected at least 335 Arkansans and is blamed for three deaths, the state’s top health... Read More.
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Arkansas to ban some indoor social gatherings due to virus

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas will soon ban indoor social gatherings with more than 10 people to combat a growing number of coronavirus cases in the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday The governor said his administration was working on a directive it will... Read More.

Little Rock expands curfew because of virus outbreak

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ largest city on Wednesday expanded its curfew because of the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of cases in the state rose to at least 280. Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott said the city will impose a curfew from 9... Read More.
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