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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces trade mission to Europe

Jul. 18, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday said she's traveling to Europe for her second trade mission there as governor, which will include a visit to an air show in the United Kingdom. The Republican governor announced she's traveling to the...

2024 Election Latest: Biden contracts COVID-19, Vance speaks at RNC

Jul. 17, 2024 23:35 PM EDT

The third day of the Republican National Convention shifted its focus to issues of national security and foreign policy. Republicans are focusing on Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the ongoing crises in Europe and the Middle East. Former Trump administration officials...

Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff, dies at 82

Jul. 11, 2024 14:42 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff for tactics that included chaining inmates outside a state prison to protest overcrowding, has died. He was 82. Robinson died at a Forrest City hospital Wednesday night of natural...

Arkansas lawmakers advance tax-cut bills and try to stave off shutdown of hunting, fishing agency

Jun. 17, 2024 17:49 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Monday advanced income and property tax cuts and a compromise proposal to avoid a shutdown of the state's hunting and fishing programs. Lawmakers moved quickly on the main agenda items for the special session Republican Gov. Sarah...

Arkansas governor calls for special session on tax cuts and funds for hunting and fishing agency

Jun. 11, 2024 20:16 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday called a special legislative session to take up tax cuts and the budget for the agency overseeing hunting and fishing. The Republican governor said in a post on X that she's calling for $500 million in income...

Lawsuit filed challenging Arkansas school voucher program created by 2023 law

Jun. 11, 2024 18:45 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Four Arkansas residents have filed a lawsuit challenging a school voucher program created by an education overhaul signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders last year, saying it violates the state constitution's protections for educational funding. The suit...

Prosecutor won't file criminal charges over purchase of $19K lectern by Arkansas governor's office

Jun. 07, 2024 18:41 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A prosecutor said Friday he will not file any criminal charges over the purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the office of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that attracted nationwide scrutiny. An audit had found the purchase potentially violated state laws...

Arkansas lawmakers adjourn session, leaving budget for state hunting, fishing programs in limbo

May. 09, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers adjourned this year's session without approving a budget for the Game and Fish Commission on Thursday, putting the state's hunting and fishing programs in limbo if the Legislature doesn't return for a special session by July. The House...

Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students

May. 02, 2024 19:34 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. ...

Arkansas lawmakers approve new restrictions on cryptocurrency mines after backlash over '23 law

May. 01, 2024 19:53 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to new restrictions on cryptocurrency mining operations after facing backlash for limiting local governments' ability to regulate them last year. The majority-Republican House overwhelmingly approved the...