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Arkansas lawmakers approve $6.3 billion budget bill as session wraps up
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval to bills outlining the state's $6.3 billion budget for the coming year as they wrapped up this year's legislative session. The House and Senate approved identical versions of the proposed Revenue Stabilization Act, the...
Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
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. ...
Jaguars counting on Arkansas' Cam Little to tee up new era following four-year kicking carousel
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville’s recent kicking situation can be summed up like this: two Wrights and more than a dozen wrongs. The Jaguars are now counting on the youngest kicker ever drafted, Cam Little of Arkansas, to stop a revolving door and bring stability to a...
Arkansas lawmakers approve new restrictions on cryptocurrency mines after backlash over '23 law
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...
Murphy USA: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) — EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) — Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $66 million. The El Dorado, Arkansas-based company said it had net income of $3.12 per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations....
26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Twenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers across the United States to run background checks on buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. ...
Arkansas' elimination of 'X' for sex on driver's licenses spurs lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Several transgender, intersex and nonbinary Arkansas residents sued the state of Arkansas on Tuesday over its decision to no longer allow “X” instead of male or female on state-issued driver’s licenses or identification cards. The American Civil...
Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices rejected an emergency appeal filed by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry. The...
ArcBest: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — ArcBest Corp. (ARCB) on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss of $2.3 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The Fort Smith, Arkansas-based company said it had a loss of 10 cents per share. Earnings,...
Wild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country
OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — As winter fades to spring and the bright purple blossoms of the redbud trees begin to bloom, Cherokee chef Bradley James Dry knows it’s time to forage for morels as well as a staple of Native American cuisine in Oklahoma: wild green onions. Wild onions are...
