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Updated: May 17, 2013 3:57pm
LITTLE ROCK —A federal judge has blocked implementation of an Arkansas law banning most abortions after 12 weeks.U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright on Friday issued a preliminary injunction, preventing the law from taking effect until a lawsuit...
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May 17, 2013 10:55am
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ unemployment was 7.1 percent in April, down slightly from 7.2 percent in March, according to labor statistics released Friday.
The state jobless rate was 0.4 percentage points below the national rate, which dropped...
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Updated: May 17, 2013 1:35pm
LITTLE ROCK — The 2013 regular legislative session formally ended Friday without an attempt to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a package of bills meant to restructure the state board that oversees elections.
The House and Senate...
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Updated: May 17, 2013 5:03pm
LITTLE ROCK — The Republican House speaker who considered using his leadership in Arkansas’ first GOP-led General Assembly since Reconstruction as a stepping stone to the state’s highest office said Friday he will not run for governor next year...
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Updated: May 16, 2013 6:35pm
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton joined fellow Republicans on Thursday in urging repeal of the Affordable Care Act that has survived 36 previous House efforts to kill Obamacare since it became law three years ago.
It was the first chance...
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May 16, 2013 5:25pm
PITTSBURGH — Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn’t contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale...
