Kevin Stitt

Alabama

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, […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas opts into new federal food assistance program for children during summer break

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 […]

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Arkansas

Oklahoma death row inmate who killed Arkansas woman plans to reject chance for clemency

by Sean Murphy, The Associated Press Fri, June 23rd 2023, 4:31 PM UTC FILE – Anthony Sanchez, right, is escorted into a Cleveland County courtroom for a preliminary hearing in Norman, Okla., Feb. 23, 2005. The Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled to be executed in September 2023 for the 1996 killing of a University of […]

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Arkansas

Oklahoma Announces Aerospace Partnership With Arkansas

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 […]

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Alabama

FACTBOX-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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