An state representative who has worked extensively with Arkansas banks in the search for financial institutions to provide banking for the state’s burgeoning medical cannabis industry says that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement that he will rescind Obama-era guidelines that direct the federal government to take a hands-off approach to marijuana in states that have legalized medical and recreational cannabis will spook banks from working with dispensaries and cultivators, potentially forcing cannabis-related businesses to deal solely in cash.
David Koon
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State Police: one dead, three wounded in Brinkley apartment shooting
Arkansas State Police reports four people were shot in an apartment in Brinkley this morning, with one dying of his wounds. ASP said that the shooting occurred just after 7 a.m. today at Pinewood Apartments in Brinkley.
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UPDATE: Arkansas Plant Board votes again to ban controversial herbicide dicamba
The Arkansas State Plant Board is holding a special meeting at this hour to discuss changes to their proposed ban on the controversial herbicide dicamba in the coming growing season.
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PCSO: Body found in Arkansas River identified
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office announced today that they have identified a man whose body was found floating in the Arkansas River on December 30.
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Best and worst 2017
All the news that was fit to print, and some that probably wasn’t.
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The class of 2016
First-time candidates outraged by Trump’s election off the bench and into state and local races.
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DOJ: IBERIABANK will pay $11.6M over insurance certifications
IBERIABANK, a financial institution headquartered in Lafayette, La. with branches all over Arkansas, will pay over $11.6 million for what the Department of Justice says were violations of the federal False Claims Act in which IBERIABANK falsely certified documents in order to obtain mortgage insurance on loans from the Federal Housing Administration.
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Brake light repair event this Saturday hopes to foil questionable police stops
On Saturday, a group is hoping to help low-income residents of Central Arkansas remove one major reason for questionable police stops by hosting an event where they will replace brakelight bulbs and tape up cracked taillights for free.