Transgender people at Arkansas public schools would not be able to use the restrooms matching their gender identity under a bill advanced by a state House committee on Tuesday.
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office says several inmates escaped the Columbia County Detention facility around 1 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2023, after a security check attack.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has activated winter weather support teams from the National Guard to support Arkansas State Police in Lowell and Fort Smith, according to a press release from State Public Affairs Officer Lt. Col. W.B. Phillips, II.
Sen. John Boozman, who led a bicameral coalition in support of the request, announced the details of the purchase while speaking at the Catfish Farmers of Arkansas’s annual convention in Hot Springs.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a judge’s decision to strike down a ban on mask mandates by public schools and government entities. But attorneys disagreed over whether the ruling will allow the state to begin enforcing the law.
SB43, a bill that would classify drag shows as ‘adult entertainment’, is a hot topic this month with many different opinions on the topic floating around.
A bill that advanced through the Arkansas Senate committee on Wednesday, Jan. 25 will change the term “child pornography” in Arkansas to “child sexual abuse material.”
Two former Arkansas law enforcement officers are charged with civil rights violations in the violent arrest of a man outside a convenience store that was caught on video and widely shared on social media, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
A proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment was submitted on Monday, Jan. 23 that would give voters the chance to approve the restructuring of salaries for Arkansas officials.
With a winter storm expected to dump several inches of snow on parts of the Natural State, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called on the Arkansas National Guard Tuesday to assist state police.
One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ first acts as Arkansas governor was to ban most state agencies from using the gender-neutral term Latinx, tapping into a debate that’s divided Hispanics along generational lines.
Before SB43 has even become a law, an impact can already be seen on drag businesses in Arkansas. The announcement of the bill was enough to get the Miss Gay America Pageant to look for a venue outside of Little Rock.
A bill was filed Tuesday, Jan. 17 that would require an ID to prove a viewer is over the age of 18 before they can be on a website that offers pornography.
The Farmerville Police Department announced that a man accused of attempted second-degree murder has been arrested by the Western District of Louisiana U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Cotton Valley, La.
Arkansas schools now have extended time to apply for two different grants that would help strengthen nutrition and agricultural programs across the state.
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