Arkansas

Social Media, Math And The Mystery Of A Mumps Outbreak

8:33pm March 22, 2017

by Maimuna Majumder

Since August 2016, there have been nearly 3,000 cases of mumps diagnosed in Arkansas. A epidemiologist explains how her team used online data and mathematical modeling to understand the outbreak.

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.

The Clintons attend a 2011 dedication ceremony for a pedestrian bridge in Little Rock, Ark., located adjacent to former President Bill Clinton's presidential library.

Arkansas Weighs Whether To Remove The Clinton Name From Little Rock's Airport

3:15pm March 01, 2017

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek

A Republican lawmaker says "the state of Arkansas would just like to forget the Clinton era."

Arkansas state Sen. Bart Hester, defends his bill preventing local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination laws. On Thursday, a Fayetteville law was struck down by the state Supreme Court.

Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Anti-Discrimination Law

3:11pm February 23, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The court ruled that a Fayetteville, Ark., law protecting LGBT people violated a state law barring cities from protecting people from discrimination who are not already covered at the state level.

A photo released by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows Gary Eugene Holmes. The U.S. Marshals Service said Holmes, accused of fatally shooting a 3-year-old boy in Little Rock last Saturday, was arrested Thursday.

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Police Arrest Suspect In Toddler's Road-Rage Death In Arkansas

3:23pm December 23, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The arrest comes nearly one week after the boy, Acen King, was shot while on a shopping trip with his grandmother.

Former Sen. Dale Bumpers, seen here in 2013, has died at age 90.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Dale Bumpers Dies At 90

3:37pm January 02, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Years after urging his Senate colleagues not to undo a national election because Bill Clinton had been unfaithful to his wife, Bumpers wrote a memoir titled The Best Lawyer in a One Lawyer Town.

Paul Weaver, Laramie City Council representative, says that when the state of Wyoming failed to act, Laramie saw the need for action and stepped in to protect gays and lesbians in the community.

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'Patchwork Of Protection' In Rural Areas For LGBT Community Has Limits

5:12pm November 02, 2015

by Miles Bryan

Across the country, small towns are beginning to pass LGBT non-discrimination ordinances where state legislatures have failed to implement them. Advocates say it's a start, but still not enough.

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Federal Appeals Court Blocks Arkansas Ban On Abortion After 12 Weeks

4:43pm May 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has blocked an Arkansas law that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The case was filed by two doctors on their own and their patients' behalf.

Mixed Reaction To Changes In States 'Religious Freedom' Bills

1:39pm April 03, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Revisions to the measures in Indiana and Arkansas were prompted by a loud backlash from opponents who said the laws were meant to condone discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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.