After Alabama nitrogen gas execution, Ohio may be poised to follow | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, joining what could be a national movement in pro-death penalty states to expand capital punishment on the heels of Alabama’s first use of the method last week. Three states — Alabama, […]
Read MoreArkansas opts into new federal food assistance program for children during summer break
- Google-News-Wire
- January 4, 2024
- arkansas department of education
- Arkansas department of human services
- arkansas hunger relief alliance
- Consolidated Appropriations Act
- EBT
- food stamps
- free and reduced price lunch
- jim pillen
- John Boozman
- kathy webb
- Kevin Stitt
- Kim Reynolds
- kristi putnam
- national school lunch program
- Non-Congregate Summer Meal Service
- nutrition assistance
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- summer EBT
- usda
- WIC
Arkansas will participate in a federal program providing food assistance for children during summer break from school this year, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer, or Summer EBT, will provide $120 in food benefits for each Arkansas child eligible for the National School Lunch Program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture service […]
Read MoreOklahoma Announces Aerospace Partnership With Arkansas
- Google-News-Wire
- August 17, 2022
- arkansas
- Asa Hutchinson
- Bentonville
- Canoo
- Elizabeth Pollard
- Kevin Stitt
- Oklahoma
Governor Kevin Stitt and the governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, announced a new partnership to grow the advanced mobility industry in both states. The goal is to put Oklahoma and Arkansas on the map as a hub for developing new technologies in the field of transportation by attracting new companies, create new research, and supporting […]
Read MoreFACTBOX-New U.S. state laws directed at transgender youth | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Conservative lawmakers have passed a flurry of bills this year directed at transgender youth, including measures that bar classroom discussion of gender identity, block access to healthcare to help young people transition, and restrict participation in sports. The Republican-sponsored legislation comes in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections, with transgender rights emerging as a […]
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