Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: UFG Names Hirtz as Houston Branch Manager; McGriff Promotes Mitcham to Lead Arkansas Operations
Dec 8 2022 // UFG Insurance Names Hirtz Houston Branch Manager United Fire Group Inc. (UFG), based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has named Diane Hirtz the new branch manager for its Houston, Texas, office. Hirtz brings more than 25 years of...
Court Won’t Reconsider Block of Arkansas Trans Care Law
Dec 5 2022 // A federal appeals court said it won’t reconsider its ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for children. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the state’s...
Trial Over Arkansas Youth Gender Care Ban Resumes
Nov 30 2022 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A psychiatrist called to the stand by Arkansas as the state defends its ban on gender-affirming care for children said Monday he was concerned about the impact the law could have on some...
Court Won’t Reconsider Block of Arkansas Trans Care Law
Nov 18 2022 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal appeals court said Wednesday it won’t reconsider its ruling temporarily blocking Arkansas from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for children. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court...
Arkansas Voters Reject Legalizing Marijuana
Nov 10 2022 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state. The proposal failed six years after Arkansas voters made the state the...
Arkansas Motorcyclist’s Backpack Ignites When Officer Uses Taser
Oct 28 2022 // NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas motorcyclist carrying a gasoline-filled backpack was expected to survive after he was engulfed by a fireball when a state trooper used a Taser on him during a traffic stop,...
Arkansas Kroger Store Settles $180K Religious Discrimination Suit
Oct 28 2022 // The Kroger Limited Partnership I will pay $180,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced. The EEOC had filed suit on behalf of...
Trial Begins Over Arkansas’ Ban on Trans Youth Healthcare
Oct 18 2022 // The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week, the latest fight over restrictions on transgender youth championed by Republican leaders and...
Marijuana Activists Hope Biden’s Pardons Influence Arkansas Voters
Oct 17 2022 // There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump’s former press secretary is heavily favored in the race for governor and other GOP candidates are considered...
Ex-Health Executives Plead Guilty in Arkansas Fraud Case
Oct 3 2022 // Two former executives of a Missouri health nonprofit have pleaded guilty to their roles in a corruption scheme that ensnared several Arkansas elected officials and lobbyists, federal prosecutors said. Bontiea Bernedette...
Arkansas Machine Shop Sued for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
Sep 26 2022 // Ranger Tool and Die, Inc. (Ranger), an industrial machine shop with locations in Paragould and Jonesboro, Arkansas, violated federal law when it failed to prevent sexual harassment at its Jonesboro location and then...
Chili’s Locations in Texas, Arkansas Sued for Sexual Harassment of Teens
Sep 13 2022 // Two Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurants in Arkansas and Texas subjected female employees, including teens, to sexually hostile work environments in violation of federal law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Lawsuit Filed Over Violent Arrest Outside Arkansas Convenience Store
Sep 1 2022 // A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest that was caught on a widely circulated video has filed a federal lawsuit against the officers. Attorneys for Randal Worcester filed...
Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Aug 31 2022 // Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman...
Settlement Requires Arkansas Senator to Unblock Critics on Social Media
Aug 19 2022 // An Arkansas state senator will be required to unblock critics from his social media accounts under a settlement a national atheists’ group said it reached with the state on Wednesday. American Atheists announced the...
Arkansas Supreme Court Asked to Put Marijuana Measure on Ballot
Aug 9 2022 // Supporters of a recreational marijuana initiative have asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to order election officials to put their measure on the November ballot. Responsible Growth Arkansas asked the court last week to...
Arkansas Officials Approve Recreational Marijuana Initiative
Aug 1 2022 // Supporters of a recreational marijuana initiative have turned in the required number of valid signatures, moving the measure closer to appearing on Arkansas’ ballot this fall, election officials said last week. A...
$6.3 Million Settlement Reached over Arkansas Dump Site Fire
Jul 22 2022 // A $6.3 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that claimed smoke from an underground fire at a dumping site in northwest Arkansas harmed nearby residents. An attorney in the case confirmed the settlement, which...
Family Sues Over Arkansas Man’s Fatal Shooting by Officer
Jul 14 2022 // The family of a man who was fatally shot near an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck filed a federal lawsuit last week against the officer who shot him and several others. Relatives of Tyrone...
Signatures for Arkansas Recreational Marijuana Submitted
Jul 12 2022 // Supporters of initiatives to legalize recreational marijuana and scale back casino gambling submitted thousands of signatures Friday to get their proposals on the Arkansas ballot. Friday was the deadline for groups to turn...
