Daily threats of violence are the reality for people gathering signatures to put abortion rights on the ballot in deep-red Arkansas, one of the most anti-abortion states in the country.
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Hot Springs medical marijuana dispensary won’t get revoked license back, judge orders
Green Springs is the first and only dispensary to have its license revoked since the state’s medical marijuana industry launched in 2019.
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Arkansas governor signs tax, appropriation bills after special legislative session ends
For the third time in 15 months, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation to lower taxes for Arkansans. The governor also weighed in after an anti-abortion resolution sparked debate in the House.
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Arkansas tax cut proposals sail through committees on first day of special session
Two committees of Arkansas lawmakers approved measures to decrease income taxes and increase the homestead tax credit on Monday, the first day of the Legislature’s second special session in nine months.
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission budget moves along swimmingly
Lawmakers moved quickly Monday afternoon toward approving a Game and Fish Commission appropriation bill, one of the reasons for this week’s special legislative session.
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Arkansas lawmakers to consider income tax cuts, Game and Fish budget during special session
It’s not February, but it’s feeling a bit like Groundhog Day at the Arkansas Capitol this week as lawmakers convene for a special session to cut income taxes for the second time in nine months.
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Game and Fish Commission leads Lake Conway clean-ups as budget questions linger
The Lake Conway rehab project is an example of one of the services that could be interrupted if the Game and Fish Commission’s budget is not approved by lawmakers during next week’s special session.
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Arkansas Racing Commission launches Pope County casino license review
A state board advanced the application of Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which will present its proposal on June 27.
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Commission recommends space for Arkansas Capitol’s upcoming ‘monument to the unborn’
Lakey Goff, the artist behind the idea of a “living wall” of flora for the monument, proposed placing the monument in the grassy space behind the Capitol and to the north of the Supreme Court building.
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High death rates, unchanging poverty level puts Arkansas among worst states for child well-being
The experience of growing up in Arkansas has worsened in most areas of child well-being, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation report.