A bill setting Arkansas’ four congressional districts for the next 10 years became law without Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s signature Wednesday, as threats of a possible lawsuit challenging the map make their way into the political debate.
The Arkansas House on Friday defeated a Senate bill that sponsors say would have stopped businesses from requiring employees to say if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to legislation requiring employers to let their workers opt out of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a move opposed by the state’s Republican governor, business groups and hospitals.
AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker that developed one of the first COVID-19 vaccines, has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize the emergency use of an antibody treatment to prevent the disease.
The new emergency regulations, which take effect Oct. 13, require abortion providers to cooperate with state health department investigators and ensure physicians perform pelvic exams 72 hours before abortions, if medically necessary.
The Arkansas Senate has advanced a measure that would require an exemption process for workers who face a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from their employers.
A plan to create a two percent prepared food tax in the city of Jonesboro with a goal of creating a sports complex will be on the agenda for council members at their Oct. 5 meeting.
Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.
A bill that would prohibit coercion as a means for someone to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or immunization is set to be heard Friday by a Senate committee after senators Thursday referred the bill back to committee.
A company must pay the state of Arkansas $15.2 million to settle claims involving the state’s Medicaid system, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday.
The House and Senate Public Health committees on Wednesday endorsed identical versions of the bill, which would also require the state to pay unemployment benefits to workers who are fired for not getting vaccinated.
The case stems from a lower court ruling in December that Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft should have given proponents more time to circulate their proposed ballot initiative.
Federal prosecutors argued in court documents filed Thursday that a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last month that the government had proven its case against Dylann Roof, despite his protestations on several points.
Planned Parenthood is already prohibited from using Medicaid funds for abortion except when the mother’s life is in danger or in the cases of rape and incest.
A shortage in the at-home caregiving industry could soon be addressed by Congress, giving many older Americans or Americans with disabilities the option to stay put.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday that the state of Arkansas will receive up to 98 Afghan refugee cases, with groups helping those impacted by the situation.
