Public records indicate Olivet International, a Walmart supplier, is tied to a property the state is investigating for ties to China.
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October hearing set for motion to dismiss LEARNS indoctrination suit
The lawsuit against a section of the LEARNS Act could be turning into a broader national effort by red states to exert more control over free speech in schools.
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Pro-voucher groups aim to intervene in lawsuit challenging LEARNS vouchers (UPDATED)
Taxpayer-funded discrimination, benefits going disproportionately to the rich, and a state budget busted to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Such is the scene in Arizona, which is just a bit ahead of Arkansas on the universal school voucher path.
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State Supreme Court unsurprisingly reinstates rule against gender-neutral IDs
Earlier this month, a circuit court judge struck down the new rule because DFA did not follow proper procedure and relied on baseless claims about law-enforcement safety.
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Federal appeals court to hear oral arguments in Arkansas transgender health care case
Oral arguments are set for April 11 in St. Louis in the appeal of a judicial panel’s ruling that overturned an Arkansas ban on gender-affirming health care for minors.
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Supreme Court denies attorney general’s request to expedite appeal in corrections board dispute
The attorney general’s office did not respond to a request for comment regarding both today’s decision and the question of consolidating the two cases.
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The queen’s gambit: Gov. Sanders and Co. play political games with overcrowded prisons
The governor’s plan to add more people to existing prisons, regardless of capacity or prison staffing, has her at loggerheads with the state Board of Corrections.
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Arkansas, 12 other states urge Congress to ban ‘unwashed’ poppy seeds for potential lethality
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has tracked at least 20 deaths resulting from contaminated poppy seeds since 2015, including that of Stephen Hacala of Fayetteville.
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Allegations against Ark. corrections board member raise questions for Gov. Sanders’ father — and Trump
Do Republicans calling on Alonza Jiles to resign over allegations he knew about sexual assaults at the Lord’s Ranch believe Ted Suhl, a Huckabee family favorite, is guilty?
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Arkansas attorney general to appeal rulings in Board of Corrections disputes
Arkansas’ attorney general on Tuesday filed notices that he plans to appeal both circuit court rulings that favored the state prison board over the state in recent legal disputes.