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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a settlement valued between and over environmental contamination claims involving PCBs.
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The lawsuit brings 29 defendants into a court dispute involving abortion pills sent through the mail.
News · AR
The attorneys general of Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama announced a multistate lawsuit involving laws tied to mailed abortion pills.
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The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory has begun using Rapid DNA technology at participating booking stations, making Arkansas the third state to do so.
News · AR
The new system can create and search DNA profiles from qualifying arrestees in about 90 minutes.
News · AR
Griffin says abortion pills shipped into Arkansas are illegal and has announced a lawsuit over the shipments.
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The ballot question would reduce property tax funding for the Saline County library system by 35%.
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The Arkansas attorney general announced seven arrests by the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in a health-care enforcement action.
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The ruling leaves in place an injunction blocking two 2023 laws that moved oversight of the corrections secretary to the governor.
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The ruling keeps an injunction blocking two 2023 laws that moved oversight of Arkansas’ corrections secretary from the prison board to the governor.
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A Pulaski County judge refused to lift an injunction against two laws that gave the governor authority to fire top corrections officials.
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The plan was released ahead of the midterms but is not directly tied to a specific race, election or candidate.
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The Arkansas attorney general announced seven arrests by the state unit responsible for Medicaid fraud enforcement.
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The financing is intended to help Delta Peanut continue work tied to Arkansas’ peanut harvest.
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The bipartisan measure would set national NIL and revenue-sharing rules while adding protections involving scholarships and health care.
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Arkansas Gov. Sanders shared a personal family development that has no direct connection to a race or election.
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Will Moore, Searcy’s city attorney, has announced plans to seek a seat in the Arkansas Senate.
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Arkansas agriculture organizations sought more economic assistance during Capitol Hill meetings as a farm bill cleared committee.
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a new state plan aimed at Arkansas families waiting for CES services.
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The Searcy Republican ended a legislative tenure that began in 2009 and accepted a job with Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.
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The longtime Republican lawmaker left the Senate to become vice president of external affairs for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives.