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Federal judge stays application of Arkansas’ restrictive 12-week abortion ban
U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued an injunction against Arkansas’ recently-passed ban on abortions after 12 weeks, pending the results of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The ACLU of Arkansas’s legal director Holly Dickson said in a statement, “This law is aimed…
Arkansas to vote on legalizing medical marijuana in November
A measure that would legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas has qualified for the November ballot, according to the Associated Press. Arkansans for Compassionate Care delivered more than a dozen boxes to the Secretary of State last month, which contained petitions with 67,885 signatures. The group’s first submission of signatures fell…
Autopsy report supports Arkansas police in ‘backseat suicide’ incident
An autopsy report released Monday backed up claims made by Arkansas police officers that an African-American man in custody shot himself in the head despite being handcuffed, according to the Associated Press. “He was cuffed and placed into a police car, where apparently he produced a weapon, and despite being…
Police release footage from ‘backseat suicide’ traffic stop
Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas have released more footage from the traffic stop that culminated in the alleged suicide of a young man who sat handcuffed in a police car. But according to the Associated Press, the new video, shot from the officers’ dashboard camera, shows footage taken after 21-year-old Chavis…
Arkansas activists seek November vote on medical marijuana
A group hoping to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas submitted petitions on Friday in hopes of getting the issue on the November ballot, according to the Associated Press. The ballot initiative would allow the sick and dying to use medical marijuana with a doctors recommendation. Arkansans for Compassionate Care delivered…
Hundreds of dead birds litter Arkansas town for second year in a row
Officials in Arkansas are urging calm after hundreds of dead birds were found littering yards and streets in Beebe, Arkansas for the second New Year’s Eve in a row. The same thing happened last year, when thousands of dead birds were found in Beebe, scattered across an area of about…
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