The new rule makes it more difficult for transgender people to change the sex listed on their IDs and licenses.
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Arkansas governor signs income, property tax cuts into law
Sanders signed the measure cutting the state’s top corporate and individual income tax rates, and another raising the homestead property tax credit.
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Arkansas lawmakers advance tax-cut bills and try to stave off shutdown of hunting, fishing agency
Arkansas lawmakers on Monday advanced income and property tax cuts and a compromise proposal to avoid a shutdown of the state’s hunting and fishing programs.
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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 voting restrictions that state judge found unconstitutional
The court upheld four voting restrictions that were struck down by a state judge as unconstitutional.
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Sheriff faces questions from Arkansas lawmakers over Netflix series filmed at county jail
Lawmakers on Tuesday raised questions about a sheriff’s decision to allow a Netflix documentary series to be filmed at the Pulaski County jail.
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Arkansas lawmakers adjourn session, leaving budget for state hunting, fishing programs in limbo
Arkansas lawmakers adjourned this year’s session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission on Thursday.
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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom.
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Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol
Officials plan to install statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates this week and musician Johnny Cash later this year.
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Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
Gov. Sanders said the state won’t comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools.
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Lawsuit filed over Arkansas’ ban on gender-neutral driver’s licenses and IDs
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas asked a Pulaski County judge to halt the state’s decision to reverse a practice that had been in place since 2010.
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David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89
Pryor died Saturday of natural causes in Little Rock surrounded by family, his son Mark Pryor, said.
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Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3’ case
The court said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago.
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Arkansas lawmakers question governor’s staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern cited by audit
The audit said the governor’s office potentially violated state laws on purchasing, state property and the handling of government records.
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Former Arkansas officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in violent arrest caught on video
A former officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he kicked and hit during a violent arrest.
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Audit says Arkansas governor’s office potentially violated laws with $19,000 lectern purchase
Legislative auditors referred their findings to local prosecutors and the attorney general.