Arkansas governor vetoes transgender youth treatment ban
The move followed pleas from pediatricians, social workers and the parents of trans youth. The bill was among several targeting transgender people that have easily advanced in Arkansas.
Arkansas governor signs bill allowing medical workers to refuse treatment to LGBTQ people
The new law won't take effect until late this summer. The measure is among several targeting transgender people advancing through Arkansas' legislature.
Millions across Southeast bracing for potential tornadoes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of schools, COVID-19 vaccination clinics, businesses and more shut down across the Deep South on Wednesday as forecasters warned of waves of severe weather including massive tornadoes, downpours and hail the size of tennis balls.
Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
The Republican governor had expressed reservations about the bill, which does not provide exceptions for those impregnated in an act of rape or incest.
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin announced he was switching two weeks after former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said she was seeking the GOP nomination for governor.
She was one of now-former President Donald Trump's closest aides, and she launches her bid after the U.S. House impeached Trump for inciting the deadly siege this month at the U.S. Capitol.
The Republican nominee on Tuesday was awarded its six electoral votes.
Arkansas is the only state in the country that allows landlords to file criminal — rather than civil — charges against tenants after they fall behind on rent. Based on a law dating back to 1901, if tenants’ rent is…
Throughout the Republican National Convention, we’ll be talking to prominent members of the party. One of them is Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who was scheduled to participate in convention activities but decided to stay home in Little Rock as his…
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