The Latest Breaking News from Arkansas

Welcome to the Friday, May 20, Brew. 

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations which could short-change them of federal funding in the current decade

These Republican states are passing clean energy bills in the name of freedom and economics

Upcoming primary elections for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance in recent years and led to high-dollar, partisan battles for control

Arkansas has accused Eli Lilly And Co (NYSE:LLY), Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO), Sanofi SA (NASDAQ:SNY), and three of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) of artificially driving up insulin prices. The complaint, filed by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, alleges the defendants devised a scheme in which the Big Pharmas would "artificially and willingly raise their…

Melissa Fults, a board member of Arkansas NORML and a medical marijuana patient advocate withdrew her adult-use cannabis amendment petition preferring to wait until the 2024 elections, giving her time to focus on other recreational proposals she disagrees with, reported the 

Arkansas Senate candidate Jake Bequette is suing after two counties incorrectly listed his first name as “Jack" on their ballots in this month's Republican primary election

Incumbent John Thurston and Eddie Joe Williams are running in the Republican primary for Arkansas Secretary of State on May 24, 2022.

A possible national ban on abortion got the thumbs-down on Sunday from the governor of Arkansas, a prominent Republican, who said the policy would be “inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for.”