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Sanders orders US and Arkansas flags flown at half-staff in honor of former governor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. flag and the state flag of Arkansas will be flown at half-staff until sunset Saturday to honor former U.S. Sen. David Pryor, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office said. Pryor, 89, who also served as governor of Arkansas, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Little Rock. […]

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State ‘won’t endorse nonsense,’ Governor Sanders says

Arkansas will no longer permit residents to identify as “X” rather than male or female on state-issued drivers’ licenses or identification cards, officials announced Tuesday. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said it would rescind rules that allow license holders to change their gender “without any verifiable information,” or to use “X” in lieu […]

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Arkansas voters could make history with two state Supreme Court races

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advanced to a runoff election for chief justice this fall, ensuring that for the first time a woman will be elected to lead the seven-member panel. Justice Barbara Webb and former state legislator Jay Martin were also running for the chief […]

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Republican Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas faces challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Months after batting down speculation he was considering retirement, Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack is running for reelection against a state lawmaker who is trying to portray him as not conservative enough for the northwest Arkansas district. Womack, 67, faces state Sen. Clint Penzo in Tuesday’s GOP primary for the […]

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What to expect in Arkansas’ presidential primary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will compete for votes in Arkansas on Tuesday but not against each other. At least not yet. Both front-runners are already eyeing a rematch of the 2020 presidential election, and the race in Arkansas as well as 15 other states holding contests on Super […]

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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds procedural vote on governor’s education overhaul

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the procedural vote that allowed Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ education overhaul to take effect immediately, rejecting a judge’s ruling that threw into question the way state laws have been fast-tracked into enforcement over the years. The state Supreme Court’s 6-1 decision has no […]

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Arkansas Board of Education returns Pine Bluff School District to local control

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — The Pine Bluff School District has been returned to local control five years after the state took the district over and declared it in fiscal distress. The Arkansas Board of Education on Friday unanimously voted to return the district to local control after school district officials made the case for […]

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Arkansas governor appoints Finance and Administration Secretary Larry Walther to state treasurer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday named Arkansas’ top finance official, Larry Walther, to serve as state treasurer. Sanders appointed Walther, the secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to fill the vacancy created by Treasurer Mark Lowery’s death last week. Lowery, a Republican, died after suffering two […]

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Mark Lowery, Arkansas treasurer and former legislator who sponsored voter ID law, has died at age 66

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Mark Lowery, Arkansas’ treasurer and a former legislator who sponsored the state’s voter ID law, has died from complications from a stroke, his office said. He was 66. Lowery’s office said the former state lawmaker died Wednesday morning at a Little Rock hospital. Lowery experienced two strokes over the past […]

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State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As the federal government cracks down on child labor violations, some state lawmakers are embracing legislation to let children work longer hours and in more hazardous occupations. The legislators, mostly Republicans, argue that relaxing child labor laws could ease nationwide labor shortages. But child welfare advocates worry the measures represent a […]