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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson says residents will be required to wear masks in public through at least the end of the month, but health officials are developing criteria for when to …
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3/7/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Plans for five mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the state each week starting on Thursday have been announced by The Arkansas Department of Health.
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3/6/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court said Friday that it would hear arguments in a lawsuit by a group of legislators challenging the state's coronavirus restrictions.
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3/5/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday endorsed a plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid expansion to encourage rather than require recipients to work.
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3/4/21
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Breaking from other Southern GOP governors, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended her state’s mask order for another month.
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By The Associated Press
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3/4/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' highest court on Thursday ordered the state to immediately make the coronavirus vaccine available to judges, prosecutors and other court employees, but Gov. Asa …
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3/4/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized in Arkansas due to the coronavirus on Wednesday fell to its lowest level since September as the state reported 404 new virus cases.
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3/3/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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3/3/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday signed into law a measure easing the state's restrictions on the use of deadly force in self-defense.
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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3/3/21
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A judge has set a $1 million bond for a 15-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at an Arkansas junior high school.
The boy is being held on a first-degree battery …
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3/3/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas House panel on Tuesday endorsed legislation to ban nearly all abortions in the state, sending the bill toward its final vote in the Legislature.
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3/2/21
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has avoided public appearances for days as some members of his own party call for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations.
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By MARINA VILLENEUVE
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3/2/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Workers at Arkansas' poultry plants and other food manufacturing facilities are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday, in a move that …
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3/2/21
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Biden administration's plan to funnel more coronavirus aid into states with greater unemployment has irked governors with lower jobless rates, even though many have …
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By GRANT SCHULTE
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3/2/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday reported 94 new cases of the coronavirus and seven more deaths, but the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19, the illness the virus causes, …
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3/1/21
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy shot and seriously injured a fellow student Monday morning at an Arkansas junior high school, and the suspect was detained in a juvenile detention …
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3/1/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Republican lawmakers on Monday proposed overhauling Arkansas' Medicaid expansion to encourage recipients to work after the state's work requirement …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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3/1/21
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PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — One student was injured and an Arkansas school district placed on lockdown Monday morning, authorities said, following a reported shooting at a junior high school.
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3/1/21
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The number of people hospitalized in Arkansas because of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 continued to plummet to levels unseen since the fall, state health officials said Saturday.
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2/27/21
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and major U.S. business organizations are launching a joint educational campaign to reinforce basic COVID-19 do’s and don’ts with their customers and …
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By The Associated Press
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2/26/21
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