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Arkansas legislative panel backs proposal to ban herbicide

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers recommended regulators move forward Tuesday with efforts to ban an herbicide that farmers in several states say has drifted onto their crops and caused damage, advancing the prohibition despite a lawsuit b...

 

Medicaid work mandate will create uncertainty in some states

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republicans this past week began to realize their long-held goal of requiring certain adults to work, get job training or perform community service in exchange for getting health coverage through Medicaid. Whether that's a c...

 

Arkansas panel stands by proposal to ban disputed herbicide

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas regulators are standing by their plan to ban an herbicide farmers in several states say has drifted onto their crops and caused damage, despite a request from lawmakers to reconsider the restriction and a lawsuit b...

 

Monsanto moves to stop Arkansas from banning weed killer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Monsanto asked a judge Tuesday to prevent Arkansas from enforcing a proposal going before lawmakers next week that would ban the use of a weed killer that farmers in several states have said drifts onto their crops and c...

 

Man found unfit for trial over Ten Commandments destruction

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man charged with crashing his vehicle into Arkansas' Ten Commandments display nearly three years after he was accused of destroying a monument at Oklahoma's Capitol was found mentally unfit Thursday to go to trial. A Pulask...

 

Monsanto asks Arkansas judge to halt state's herbicide ban

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A major agribusiness company asked an Arkansas judge Friday to halt the state's plan to ban an herbicide that's drawn complaints from farmers across several states who say the weed killer has drifted onto their fields and c...

 

Arkansas got execution drug made by resistant manufacturer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of the three drugs Arkansas planned to use in a lethal injection this week was made by a New York company that says it won't sell its products if it fears they'll be used in executions, court documents released W...

 

Poll shows strong support for death penalty in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansans overwhelmingly support the death penalty, in contrast to national sentiment, months after the state executed four inmates before a lethal injection drug expired, according to a poll released Tuesday by the U...

 

Arkansas state senator tapped for federal energy policy post

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas state senator said Thursday he's resigning from office to take a job with the Trump administration on a board focused on energy issues in the South. President Donald Trump announced he appointed Republican Sen. E...

 

Monsanto sues Arkansas board for banning disputed herbicide

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A major agribusiness company sued Arkansas regulators on Friday for banning its version of an herbicide that's drawn complaints from farmers across several states who say the weed killer has drifted onto their crops and c...

 

Appeals court keeps Arkansas abortion pill limits on hold

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday prevented Arkansas from enforcing restrictions on how the abortion pill is administered while Planned Parenthood asks the nation's highest court to review a ruling in favor of the law. A t...

 

Planned Parenthood seeks halt to Arkansas abortion pill law

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Planned Parenthood is asking an appeals court to prevent new restrictions on how the abortion pill is administered in Arkansas from taking effect while the organization takes the issue to the nation's highest court. P...

 

Appeals court won't reconsider Arkansas abortion pill ruling

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for Arkansas to impose new restrictions on the way the abortion pill is administered in the state, saying it won't reconsider a panel's decision in favor of the 2015 law. T...

 

Segregation lingers in US schools 60 years after Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Among the most lasting and indelible images of the civil rights movement were the nine black teenagers who had to be escorted by federal troops past an angry white mob and through the doors of Central High School in Little R...

 

Arkansas panel OKs cutoff date for herbicide's use next year

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas regulators gave initial approval Thursday to banning an herbicide for part of next year after the weed killer prompted complaints here and in several other states from farmers who say it's drifting onto their c...

 

'Little Rock Nine' members mark school's 1957 desegregation

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of the nine black students who famously integrated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957 says the images of a white supremacist rally in Virginia last month immediately reminded her of the mobs she faced 60 years a...

 

Analysis: Medical pot deadline opens new set of challenges

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas will get its first hint this week of just how large the state's medical marijuana industry will become with hundreds of applications expected to be delivered for those wanting to grow and sell the drug. But there a...

 

State police working on training for gun law expansion

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas law dramatically expanding where concealed handguns are allowed will take effect this week, but the training needed to carry those guns to college campuses, bars, government buildings and other new locations may n...

 

Prosecutor: Police justified in shooting of Arkansas teen

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A black teenager pointed a BB gun that looked like a handgun at police before he was fatally shot by officers outside an emergency youth center in eastern Arkansas, a prosecutor said in announcing no charges would be filed a...

 

Analysis: Rulings deepen fight over Arkansas abortion laws

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal courts have delivered mixed verdicts over Arkansas' abortion restrictions, with one ruling blocking four laws limiting the procedure and another letting new requirements for administering the abortion pill take e...

 

Judge blocks Arkansas from enforcing 4 abortion restrictions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner's c...

 

Court clears way for Arkansas abortion pill rules

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An appeals court panel cleared the way Friday for Arkansas to restrict how the abortion pill is administered in the state, saying a judge didn't estimate how many women would be burdened by a 2015 law's requirement. A t...

 

Weed killer turns neighbor against neighbor in farm country

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A longtime Arkansas soybean farmer, Mike Wallace thought of his neighbors as a community and always was willing to lend a hand if they faced any hardships with their crops. "Mike would do anything for any farmer," his w...

 

Police: Club shooting that injured 28 may be gang-related

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related. P...

 

Police: Club shooting that injured 28 may be gang-related

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Clubgoers screamed and scrambled for cover as dozens of gunshots rang out during a rap concert in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, leaving 28 people injured from an 11-second melee that police said may be gang-related. T...

 

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