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June 4, 2024

Tom Cotton on growing border crisis: 'Biden has stuck his head in the sand'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on the need to close the border ahead of President Biden’s plans to announce executive actions.

May 9, 2024

Red state AGs sue Biden admin to halt 'radical transgender ideology' threatening 'safety of women and girls'

More than 20 red states sue Biden admin over Title IX changes that expand sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation.

May 9, 2024

The cicada invasion has begun! Find out where the flying insects are emerging

The cicada invasion of 2024 has kicked off where billions of the flying insects will appear in 17 states in a rare natural phenomenon not seen since 1803

May 8, 2024

Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky has ruled 2 Arkansas high school teachers cannot be prevented by the state from discussing critical race theory in their classrooms.

May 6, 2024

Arkansas statues at US Capitol to be replaced with civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash

Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two figures from its history that have represented the state at the U.S. Capitol with contemporary figures, officials say.

May 2, 2024

Arkansas Gov Sarah Sanders signs executive order in response to Biden's Title IX changes

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders signed an executive order on Thursday in response to President Biden's "attack on common sense" with his new Title IX regulations.

April 25, 2024

Arkansas mortician pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers

Candace Chapman Scott, a 37-year-old former mortuary worker from Arkansas, has pleaded guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from medical school cadavers.

April 25, 2024

Missing doctor found dead in Arkansas lake committed suicide, authorities say

The death of Dr. John Forsyth, whose body was pulled from a northwest Arkansas lake last year with a gunshot wound to the head, has been ruled a suicide.

April 23, 2024

GOP governor rips Biden's top education official ahead of state visit: 'Empty words'

GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders took aim at President Biden's top education official in a letter on Tuesday, calling the administration's student loan handout "unconstitutional."

April 22, 2024

Arkansas teen turns self in for deadly shooting at prom afterparty

A teen from Helena, Arkansas, turned himself in to authorities for the shooting death of another teen at a party following Helena-West Helena's Central High School prom.