Denise Garner

Arkansas

Arkansas lawmakers consider shifting funds from health care data hub to UAMS midwifery program • Arkansas Advocate

An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday approved diverting funds from a state health care data hub to start a midwifery education program at the state’s largest medical school. Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, proposed removing the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement from a section of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appropriations bill and rewriting […]

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Arkansas lawmakers advance proposal to double state-funded pregnancy resource center grant • Arkansas Advocate

An Arkansas legislative panel on Thursday approved the doubling of a taxpayer-funded grant to support pregnancy resource centers, which are often religiously affiliated and discourage abortion while encouraging birth. Republican leaders statewide have held up pregnancy resource centers as critical since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and Arkansas subsequently […]

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Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure to make abortion access a constitutional right

A proposed constitutional amendment ensuring a limited right to abortion in Arkansas will not appear on the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Tuesday opinion. His seven-page letter to Steven Nichols, the Arkansan who submitted the proposal, pointed out several aspects of the ballot language that Griffin said need clarity or […]

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Denise Garner on education

Sunrise Anchor and Reporter Denise Garner on education Updated: 10:24 AM CST Dec 20, 2022 Hide Transcript Show Transcript talk to us about all these findings. I mean, there’s *** lot to go through. This is front and back for both the Senate and the House. So what are some of the key points and […]

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