Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Says State Has A 'Targeted Response' To Coronavirus

6:56pm April 06, 2020

by James Doubek

Gov. Asa Hutchinson is one of the few governors who hasn't issued a statewide stay-at-home order. He tells All Things Considered about the measures he says do more to slow the virus's spread.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a National Governors Association meeting last year. A federal judge late Tuesday temporarily blocked abortion restrictions signed into law by the governor in March.

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Abortion Restrictions

12:07pm July 24, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The restrictions would have required physicians performing abortions to be board-certified and prevented abortions after 18 weeks or for the sole reason that the fetus has Down syndrome.

A vehicle drives through floodwaters in downtown Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, as strong winds and substantial rains added to the flash flooding throughout Mississippi.

National

Severe Weather And Storms Pummel Southern States

1:58pm May 10, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Residents of southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are bracing for a multiday barrage of dangerous heavy rain and flash flooding.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces changes to the state Medicaid program called Arkansas Works, including the addition of a work requirement for certain beneficiaries, on March 6, 2017.

In Arkansas, Thousands Of People Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Over New Work Rule

6:16pm February 18, 2019

by Jacqueline Froelich

The state now requires many of its Medicaid beneficiaries to work, go to school or volunteer in order to keep their health insurance. But more than 18,000 have come off the rolls.

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The Satanic Temple unveils its statue of Baphomet, a winged-goat creature, at a rally in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday. The group wants to install the statue on Capitol grounds because a monument of the Ten Commandments was placed there in 2017.

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Satanic Temple Protests Ten Commandments Monument With Goat-Headed Statue

7:41pm August 17, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"It will be a very cold day in hell before an offensive statue will be forced upon us to be permanently erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol," Republican State Sen. Jason Rapert said.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal to an Arkansas law that would make it illegal to have a medically induced abortion.

Supreme Court Leaves In Place Law That Effectively Bans Abortion By Pill — For Now

7:02pm May 29, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Clinics in Arkansas began canceling medical abortions Tuesday. The law, which heavily restricts abortion by medication, is threatening two of the state's three facilities that perform abortions.

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month.

Politics & Government

Progressive Fights, More Women On The Ballot In Tuesday's Primary Contests

11:01am May 22, 2018

A Texas House runoff has become ground zero for Democrats' fight between progressives and centrists, while two Democratic women are taking different approaches in their race for Georgia governor.

DeAndre Harris, on the ground, is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville, Va., police station on Aug. 12, 2017, after a white nationalist rally was dispersed by police.

National

White Man Convicted Of Beating Black Man At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally

9:17am May 02, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A group of white men hit and kicked the man as he lay on the ground during the violent rally last summer. Jacob Scott Goodwin of Arkansas, the first to be convicted, said he acted in self-defense.

A February training class at the Arkansas Armory in Sherwood.

National

Arkansas' 'Enhanced Concealed Carry' Allows Guns In Churches, Bars, State Capitol

4:26pm April 30, 2018

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek

To get the permit, applicants have to take a class on what to do in an active shooting.

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Workers used a crane to install a Ten Commandments monument Thursday outside the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock.

Arkansas Installs A New Ten Commandments Monument At Its Capitol

1:40pm April 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The first version of a Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol lasted less than 24 hours before it was destroyed by a car last June.