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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is out of the presidential race

11:11am January 16, 2024

by Jeongyoon Han

Hutchinson, who didn't shy away from criticizing the GOP front-runner — former President Donald Trump — has announced he will no longer seek his party's nomination.

Former Arkansas Governor and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Asa Hutchinson speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner on July 28.

GOP hopeful Asa Hutchinson is optimistic that Trump's grip on party will loosen

6:14pm August 05, 2023

The former Arkansas governor and 2024 presidential candidate who is critical of the former president is struggling in the polls. He sees voters not dwelling on Trump but focused on other issues.

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Arkansas death-row inmate Kenneth Williams is scheduled to be executed on Thursday.

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Arkansas Poised To Carry Out Its Fourth Execution This Month

2:16pm April 27, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

And hours before his scheduled execution, lawyers for death-row inmate Kenneth Williams continued to try to stop it in court. He is the fourth and final inmate scheduled to die in Arkansas this month.

On of the notices posted marking the dual holiday honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., as posted at a Senate Education Committee hearing in Little Rock, Ark. Gov. Asa Hutchinson plans to sign into l

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Arkansas To Split Its Holidays For Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert E. Lee

11:51am March 20, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Since 1985, the state has celebrated the civil rights icon and Confederate general on the same day. A bill set to be signed into law removes Lee from King's federal holiday, bumping him to October.

Opponents of an Arkansas religious objection measure chant outside the Arkansas state Capitol on Wednesday.

Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans

11:54am April 03, 2015

by Mara Liasson

The party and its leading 2016 contenders are finding themselves between a rock and hard place because of Indiana's and Arkansas' recently amended laws.

A sign reading, "This business serves everyone," was placed in the window of Bernadette's Barbershop in downtown Lafayette, Ind., in response to the passage of the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Indiana, Arkansas Amend 'Religious Freedom' Laws

6:23pm April 02, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The changes aim to prevent businesses from using new legislation to discriminate against LGBT customers.