Arkansas residents purchased more candy in the months leading up to Halloween this year, but the state’s most popular spooky sweets remained the same.
Category: State News
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Arkansas Poll shows Sanders has lowest governor approval rating in 20 years
The poll shows Sanders at 48%, which is the lowest since her father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, received a 47% approval rating in 2003.
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Asa Hutchinson must find a new campaign manager but vows to stay in the race
Hutchinson has been one of the few Republican candidates willing to directly take on Trump and he had called on the former president to drop out of the race after Trump was indicted in March by a grand jury in New York.
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Arkansas governor’s $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway
Sanders appears eager to move on, and has invoked a strategy familiar to followers of the Trump administration: change the subject and blame the media.
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Arkansas court upholds judge’s ruling voiding Cherokee Nation’s license to build casino
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a decision to void the casino license issued to the Cherokee Nation, setting up a new round of applications.
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Defense contractor RTX to build $33 million production facility in East Camden
Defense contractor RTX will build a $33 million facility in south Arkansas to manufacture missiles to be used in U.S. and Israeli air defense systems.
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Police: 8 children rescued in California after their mother abducted them from Arkansas foster homes
Authorities rescued eight children in California on Saturday after they were abducted by their biological mother and found roughly 1,500 miles from their foster homes in Arkansas
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Walmart expands nationwide health care coverage for those employees who want doulas during pregnancy
Walmart is expanding its health care coverage for employees who want to hire a person trained to assist women during pregnancies.
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Executive order bans gender-neutral language in Arkansas government documents
Gov. Sanders cites an example from a Department of Health memo and claims other uses of what she calls “nonsense terms” have been reported to her office.
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Arkansas orders Chinese company’s subsidiary to divest itself of agricultural land
Arkansas on Tuesday ordered the subsidiary of a Chinese-owned company to divest itself of 160 acres of agricultural land.
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Arkansas lawmakers OK plan to audit purchase of $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, delving into an unusual controversy.
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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds procedural vote on governor’s education overhaul
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the procedural vote that allowed Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ education overhaul to take effect immediately.
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Scrutiny of Arkansas governor’s $19,000 lectern deepens after new records are released
New public records have widened questions over when Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office planned to use Republican Party funds to reimburse the state for a $19,000 lectern.
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Arkansas jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed them ivermectin for COVID-19
Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they said gave them the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent.
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Former Arkansas state Rep. Jay Martin announces bid for Supreme Court chief justice
A former Arkansas legislator who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last year is running for chief justice of the state Supreme Court.