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Arkansas restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom of their choice

The Independent UK

Arkansas enacts law reducing length of unemployment insurance benefits

A new Arkansas law effective March 6, 2023, will limit the maximum length of unemployment insurance benefits from 16 weeks to 12 weeks starting Jan. 1, 2024. The bill passed with veto-proof majorities in both chambers (29-3 in the Senate and 79-15 in the House).

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Will County man exonerated in the death of his daughter in ’04 is killed in Arkansas car crash

Kevin Fox, who was accused and later cleared of killing his daughter, Riley, nearly 20 years ago, died in a fatal Arkansas car accident. Another motorist was also killed.

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Arkansas increases the signature distribution requirement for citizen-initiated ballot measures

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed House Bill 1419 (HB 1419), which increases the signature distribution requirement for citizen-initiated ballot measures, on March 7. Under HB 1419, campaigns will be required to collect signatures from 50 of 75 (67%) counties. Previously, the requirement was 15 of 75 (20%) counties.…

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders approves monument to aborted fetuses

Arkansa’s abortion trigger ban was drafted in 2019 and went into effect following the Roe v Wade downfall last year

The Independent UK

The most-populous city with a Republican mayor goes to the polls tomorrow

Welcome to the Monday, March 20, Brew.

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Austin Reaves has come a long way from a tiny Arkansas town to Lakers 'MVP!'

The moment, Austin Reaves has always felt, can wait. The game comes first, the next play the priority.

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A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a law to allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before Roe v. Wade was overturned.

WEKU

New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol

The Independent UK

Visitor finds record-sized diamond at Arkansas state park

The 3.29-carat brown diamond is the biggest diamond found at Crater of Diamond’s State Park since September 2021

The Independent UK

Tyson will close poultry plants in Virginia and Arkansas that employ more than 1,600

Tyson Foods said it plans to close its processing, broiler and hatching operations in Glen Allen, Va., and a plant in Van Buren, Ark., in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business.

WEKU

Critics Lose Their Mind as Arkansas Makes It a Bit Easier for Teens To Work

Youth employment is a recognized path to greater prosperity.

Reason

Arkansas lawmakers OK anti-abortion monument at Capitol

An anti-abortion monument would be built near Arkansas' Capitol under legislation on its way to the governor's desk

The Independent UK

Trump should quit 2024 race if indicted in New York, Republican rival says

Ex-Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson: man facing charge over porn star payment should ‘respect institution of the presidency’

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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children

Under the Youth Hiring Act of 2023, those under 16 don't have to get the Division of Labor's permission to be employed. The state also doesn't have to verify their age anymore.

The Guardian - US

Republicans push wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion

Proliferation of bills in Texas, Kentucky and elsewhere ‘exposes fundamental lie of anti-abortion movement’, experts say

The Independent UK

Arkansas House sends governor trans care malpractice bill

Arkansas lawmakers have sent the Republican governor a bill that would make it easier to sue doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors

The Independent UK

Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs bill creating school vouchers

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law an education overhaul that she's called her priority this legislative session

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Arkansas leads charge to weaken child labor protections

Law weakens state’s oversight of child labor and represents latest attempt in mostly Republican-led states to ease regulations

The Independent UK

Sanders' school voucher plan gets Arkansas lawmakers' OK

A massive education bill that includes a new school voucher program for Arkansas is headed to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' desk for her signature

Tribune News Service

Editorial: No room for Larry Hogan in the GOP personality cult

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s Sunday announcement that he will not seek the Republican Party nomination for president in 2024 likely came as no surprise to anyone who has been following national politics. Sure, there was a time when a governor who achieved extraordinary popularity leading a state that leaned…

The Independent UK

Arkansas Tyson workers sue over lack of COVID protections

Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members have filed a lawsuit against the company

The Independent UK

Man starved to death in Arkansas jail which was under DOJ supervision for 11 years

The facility has a record of investigations

Daily Mirror

US storms: At least 9 dead as twisters wreck homes and leave 750,000 without power

The United States is being battered by severe storms with tornadoes wrecking buildings and uprooting trees leaving at least nine people dead so far with the threat of snow and flooding to come

The Independent UK

Jurassic-era insect found at Arkansas Walmart

‘A finding like this really highlights that even in a run-of-the-mill situation, there are still a tremendous number of discoveries to make about insects’

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