Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers aim to join the list

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban said they have more than enough signatures to try to put their proposal before voters in November's election. Arkansans for Limited Government submitted petitions said they turned in more than the...

Organizers say they have enough signatures to get abortion-rights proposal on the Arkansas ballot

2 injured, 1 missing after explosion at Arkansas defense weapons plant

CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — An explosion at a defense weapons plant in Arkansas injured at least two people Wednesday and left another missing, the facility's operators said. The explosion happened at the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' plant in Camden, about 86 miles (138...

Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again

ATLANTA (AP) — There's plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism. Going back to Lyndon...

Arkansas grocery store reopens in wake of mass shooting that left 4 dead

FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — The sounds that filled the Mad Butcher grocery store on Tuesday — the beeping barcode scanners, the rattle of shopping carts and cash register drawers opening — were familiar ones for customers and employees of the only grocery store in the small Arkansas town of Fordyce....

Arkansas ends fiscal year with $698 million surplus, finance office says

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has ended its fiscal year with a $698.4 million surplus, state finance officials announced Tuesday. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the state’s net available revenue for the fiscal year that ended on Sunday totaled $6.9...

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal to upend Texas' age verification law for porn websites

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices will review an appellate ruling that allowed the age...

Arkansas groups not asking US Supreme Court to review ruling limiting scope of Voting Rights Act

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Progressive groups in Arkansas have decided to not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower court's ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State...

Arkansas panel awards Cherokee Nation Entertainment a license to build casino

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday awarded Cherokee Nation Entertainment a license to build a casino in the state that's been held up for several years by ongoing legal fights. The panel voted unanimously to award the license for the casino in Pope...

Mass shooting shutters Arkansas town's only grocery store — for now

FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — A steady rain was falling outside Fordyce High School, but that didn't deter an army of volunteers who raced to hand out jugs of milk and bags of groceries to a line of cars snaked around the parking lot. In the days since a shooter killed four people and...