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More Arkansas teachers will have access to computer science training and up to $2,000 in stipends after Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced an expansion of the continuing education program on Wednesday. The K-8 Computer Science Lead Teacher Stipend and Training Program was created in December with $500,000 in seed money; on Wednesday, Hutchinson added $300,000 to the program because interest in the initiative exceeded expectations.
Sen. Tom Cotton praised President Donald Trump's selection of John Bolton as national security adviser as an "excellent choice to take the baton." "H.R. McMaster is a warrior and a scholar, one of the best generals of his generation," the Arkansas Republican, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.
The state Board of Education last week rejected requests from Camden Fairview, Hope, Lafayette County and Junction City to be exempt from the state law requiring students to be able to freely transfer between school districts. districts said they were controlled by past federal desegregation lawsuits.
Fellow governors from the Delta region backed the Bentonville native Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. Hutchinson replaces Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. The White House has called on Congress to eliminate the Delta Regional Authority, but Arkansas Republican leaders have staunchly defended the independent federal agency, which promotes economic development in some of the nation's poorest counties.
Arkansas must pay $71,214 to the Heber Springs lawyer who got the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state's discriminatory birth-certificate practices, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled Friday. The judge found that attorney Cheryl Maples is entitled by federal law to reimbursement for the time and expenses she has devoted to the 2 A1 2-year long legal battle that saw the nation's highest court summarily overturn the Arkansas Supreme Court on the issue last year.
Jenae Green and Vanessa Torres of C-SPAN show visitor Michelle Gibson some of the interactive features aboard the C-SPAN tour bus during its stop Tuesday at the state Capitol. Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted Arkansas' economy and state budget in an appearance Tuesday on C-SPAN, but said Washington will have to find its own solution to federal deficits.
At the state Capitol on Wednesday, bill custodian JoAnn Drew sorts through appropriation bills that will be introduced in the Senate when the legislative fiscal session begins Monday. Ahead of Arkansas' fiscal legislative session that starts Monday, supporters of the state's version of Medicaid expansion have been urging Senate critics of the controversial program to vote to fund it once lawmakers convene.
We say cheers to any movement that wants to increase awareness of women's issues. For example, 6 to 10,000 women marched that same day in Dallas in the annual pro-life walk.
President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address got rave reviews from members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation. The state's two U.S. senators and four U.S. representatives, who have praised Trump's first year in the White House, said Tuesday's speech struck the right tone.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Schumer, arguably the most powerful Democrat in Washington, is trying to keep his party together to force a spending bill that would include protections for young immigrants.
Republicans tried to make Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the face of the government shutdown. Now, he's becoming the face of the Democratic retreat.
The snowy mountains and frozen lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park are still accessible to visitors, despite the federal government shutdown. The snowy mountains and frozen lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park are still accessible to visitors, despite the federal government shutdown.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
On Tuesday evening, former Arkansas governor and two-time presidential candidate Mike Huckabee tried to compare President Donald Trump to famed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Naturally, it didn't go over well on Twitter.
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas drew a swift and intense response with a provocative claim on Tuesday: President Trump, he wrote, is similar to Winston Churchill, one of history's most iconic leaders. Mr. Huckabee had just watched "The Darkest Hour," a film about Churchill.
Government secrecy was a big winner in Arkansas during 2017, but not by a shutout. Lawmakers granted wide-ranging secrecy to schools, universities and the state Capitol police, and as the end of the year approached the Legislature wouldn't talk about a past harassment complaint involving a legislator.
Once Arkansas allows medical marijuana sales, veterans in the care of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs physicians can discuss the drug with their doctors, but that's it. In the federal government's eyes, marijuana is an illegal, Schedule 1 controlled substance, meaning the VA won't recommend, prescribe or pay for cannabis.
A Planned Parenthood subsidiary told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that Arkansas' restrictions on how abortion pills are administered could effectively end medication abortions in the state and leave Arkansas with only one clinic where women can end their pregnancies. Under an Arkansas law passed in 2015, doctors who provide abortion pills must hold a contract with another physician who has admitting privileges at a hospital and who would agree to handle complications.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and correct the 8th Circuit Court of Appeal's July ruling that would allow the state to effectively ban the safest abortion procedure - the administration of drugs that would trigger miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy. At issue is Arkansas's Act 557 of 2015, which requires physicians who provide medical abortion - including Arkansas's two Planned Parenthood Clinics and Little Rock Family Planning Services - to contract with a second physician with hospital privileges.