Federal judge hears challenge to Arkansas abortion laws
The clinic director of Little Rock Family Planning Services said during a hearing that the facility has only one physician who complies with the requirement that doctors performing abortions be board-certified or board-eligible in obstetrics and gynecology.
Record flooding causes levee breach in western Arkansas
Emergency management officials say crews are going door-to-door to recommend evacuation for about 160 homes.
Levees strained as Arkansas River holds at record levels
Officials expected hundreds of homes to flood in Fort Smith, Arkansas' second-largest city. In nearby Van Buren, officials warned that a levee protecting a mostly rural area was "showing signs of significant leakage and deterioration."…
Flooding leads to Oklahoma and Arkansas evacuations
Officials on Saturday warned some Tulsa residents to prepare to head to higher ground because old levees holding back the swollen Arkansas River are stressed and more rain is expected for the flood-weary region.
The gig economy has created many opportunities for securing temporary work with companies like Uber and Taskrabbit. But despite the increased flexibility short-term employment provides, it doesn't pay off for everyone. Social entrepreneur Terrence Davenport, who coaches low-income clients on…
A major initiative of the Trump administration has been adding work requirements to benefit programs for the poor, now including Medicaid. This year, Arkansas became the first state to roll out the requirement. As a result, more than 12,000 people…
Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Rhode Island Democrat Gov. Gina Raimondo have won re-election.
A Democrat running for secretary of state in Arkansas was left off a county's ballot on Monday, prompting officials to temporarily shutter polling sites as they scrambled to fix the problem.
A political action committee said Friday that it won't pull a widely condemned radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch African-Americans if they win in midterm elections in Arkansas next month.
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