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LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the pro...
by The Associated Press - April 7, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surg...
by ANDREW DeMILLO The Associated Press - April 6, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- An Arkansas Senate panel advanced a drastically scaled-back hate crimes bill on Monday that longtime supporters of such legislation have derid...
by The Associated Press - April 6, 2021SPRINGDALE -- Irma Chavez is a married mother of four who leads a business networking initiative in this small Arkansas city she calls home. It's a long way ...
by AMY TAXIN, JEFF ROBERSON and MARCOS ALEMÁN - April 3, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved banning gender confirming treatments for minors, sending the governor a restriction on transgender yout...
by The Associated Press - March 30, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers on Monday voted to require a woman undergoing an abortion to first view an ultrasound, the latest restriction to advance in...
by The Associated Press - March 23, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation requiring the state to refund fines imposed on businesses violating coronavirus safe...
by The Associated Press - March 23, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that he believes his proposal to remove a mask mandate intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus...
by The Associated Press - March 22, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas on Tuesday made the coronavirus vaccine available to nearly 1 million more people, expanding its eligibility to a wide category of pe...
by The Associated Press - March 17, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas' active coronavirus virus cases on Monday dropped to their lowest point since June as lawmakers expanded their ability to end the eme...
by The Associated Press - March 16, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Monday sued Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the opioid crisis in the state by f...
by The Associated Press - March 16, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas House on Monday approved legislation that would allow doctors to refuse to treat someone because of religious or moral objections...
by The Associated Press - March 16, 2021PINE BLUFF - A shootout between patrons and security outside an Arkansas casino left one guard wounded, authorities said.
by The Associated Press - March 13, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday advanced measures banning transgender athletes from girls' sports teams at school and prohibiting gender confi...
by The Associated Press - March 11, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- The number of COVID-19 cases requiring hospitalization fell to its lowest number since the summer on Wednesday as the state reported 317 new c...
by The Associated Press - March 11, 2021