Arkansas counties that choose to hand count votes after an election would still have to use a state-approved machine to perform a preliminary count under a bill the state Senate passed on a 21-6 vote Tuesday.
Category: State News
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Trans people face ‘horrifying’ rhetoric at statehouses
Advocates fear increasing hostility towards transgender people could discourage them from speaking out against new bills targeting their rights.
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Investigation begins into Little Rock plane crash that killed 5
Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm.
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Arkansas Senate OKs bill on teacher raises, school vouchers
The Arkansas Senate approved an education overhaul Thursday that raises teachers’ starting pay and creates a new voucher program, despite complaints from Democrats and some Republicans about the bill being pushed through the Legislature too quickly.
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Arkansas Senate committee endorses massive education bill
An Arkansas Senate panel endorsed on Wednesday a massive education bill that pairs a raise in starting teacher pay with several conservative-backed changes, including a voucher program directing public money to private schools.
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Small plane crashes outside 3M factory in Little Rock
A small airplane crashed Wednesday outside a factory in the Arkansas capital, and there was no immediate word of any injuries.
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Arkansas officer involved in violent arrest back on the job
An Arkansas law enforcement officer who held down a man while two others beat him during an arrest recorded on video is back on the job after he did not face any criminal charges.
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Supreme Court won’t upset Arkansas anti-Israel boycott law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to step into a legal fight over state laws that require contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel.
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Arkansas Gov. Sanders’ LEARNS Act education plan filed in 144-page bill
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ long-awaited education bill was filed Monday. The wide-ranging, 144-page bill was published on the Arkansas Legislature’s website just before 5 p.m.
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Arkansas challenges EPA’s rejection of state ozone plan
Arkansas filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to reject its plan to comply with federal rules.
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Court hears Josh Duggar’s appeal of child porn conviction
An attorney for Josh Duggar asked a federal appeals court panel on Thursday to reverse the former reality TV star’s conviction for downloading child pornography.
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Arkansas to seek new work requirement for Medicaid expansion
Arkansas will ask the federal government to allow the state to require people on its expanded Medicaid program to work, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday.
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Arkansas malpractice bill restricts trans youth medical care
Republican lawmakers are trying to effectively reinstate a now-blocked ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
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Sanders proposes teacher raises, vouchers in bill
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposed an overhaul of the state’s schools that will pair a 39% raise in starting teacher pay with a new voucher program that will direct public money to pay for private and home schooling.
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Arkansas Gov. Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in her rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.