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Arkansas

Arkansas licenses and IDs will now reflect gender listed on birth certificate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Changes are coming for license holders and their gender on their IDs in Arkansas. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration announced a revision to its policies on gender for IDs. According to a press release, DFA is rescinding its existing administrative practice that allows license holders to change their […]

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Arkansas law offers fresh chance for child sexual abuse survivors to seek justice

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — There’s a new opportunity for childhood sexual abuse survivors to file a civil lawsuit against their abusers in the state of Arkansas. The Justice for Vulnerable Victims of Sexual Abuse Act, sponsored by state senator David Wallace (R) District 19 and passed in 2021, gave childhood sexual abuse survivors in the […]

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Girl dies after icy crash in north Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A minor girl died in the early morning hours of Wednesday after the vehicle she was riding in lost control on the ice and crashed into a concrete culvert in far north Arkansas. According to a state police fatal crash report, the unidentified female died after the Chevrolet Silverado 2500 she […]

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Ark. Dems say ‘constitution is extremely clear’ regarding Sanders’ fight with prison board

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Arkansas Board of Corrections’ lawsuit against the Sanders’ administration has its first hearing in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Thursday. In response to the government infighting, Arkansas Democrats have condemned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her administration for its effort to gain direct control of Arkansas’ corrections system – potentially […]

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Arkansas groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas on Monday asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel’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 Conference NAACP asked for the case to go […]

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Arkansas law enforcement agencies collaborate in major sex trafficking operation

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas State Police and other agencies across the state took part in a sex trafficking operation in Little Rock last month, leading to multiple arrests and victims being rehabilitated. ASP said in a news release that the anti-human trafficking event consisted of law enforcement and victim service providers from around the […]

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Judge in Trump’s fraud trial was drinking water from Arkansas-based company, not alcohol

CLAIM: Video clips show the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s fraud case in New York drinking from a bottle of alcohol during court sessions. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The green bottles in the videos match the label and distinctive design of Mountain Valley Spring Water, not Tanqueray gin, as online posts suggest. A court […]

City Council

City council advances proposed panhandling crackdown amidst public complaints | #citycouncil

by Kimberly King Wed, July 26th 2023, 5:27 PM UTC FILE – Panhandlers are regularly seen on Tunnel Road near Asheville Mall and at Interstate 240 Exit 4C into Montford. People are also commonly seen asking for money on Smokey Park Highway near the exit and entry ramps for I-40. Panhandlers are also regularly seen […]

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7 on 7: The biggest stories from last week you might’ve missed

FILE – In this March 17, 2003 file photo, guard towers and razor wire ring the compound at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of the last federal execution. After the latest 17-year hiatus, the Trump administration wants to restart federal executions this month at the Terre Haute, prison. Four men are […]

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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 […]