State News

Panel supports pay raise for new teachers LITTLE ROCK -- An Arkansas legislative committee is backing a short-term proposal to increase salaries for new teachers, though some education groups say the st... by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - October 18, 2019

Wide gaps in legal protection of LGBT workers Rumors started circulating around the fire station in Byron, Georgia, within a year after the medical treatments began. The fire chief's once-crewcut hair was g... by RUSS BYNUM and ANGELIKI KASTANIS The Associated Press - October 16, 2019

Texas officer charged with murder, resigns after shooting FORT WORTH, Texas -- A white Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed a black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an o... by JAKE BLEIBERG and JILL BLEED The Associated Press - October 15, 2019

State board strips Little Rock teachers' union of collective bargaining power LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday stripped the collective bargaining power of the Little Rock teachers' union, sparking fears of a stri... by ANDREW DeMILLO The Associated Press - October 11, 2019

Arizona official charged in Arkansas in Marshall Islands adoption scheme PHOENIX -- An Arizona elected official has been charged with human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme that brought dozens of pregnant women from the Marshall... by JONATHAN J. COOPER The Associated Press - October 10, 2019

Divided Supreme Court weighs LGBT people's rights WASHINGTON -- A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over whether a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employmen... by MARK SHERMAN and MATTHEW BARAKAT The Associated Press - October 9, 2019