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The Latest Breaking News from Arkansas

Arkansas Social Media Age Verification Law Likely Violates First Amendment

So concludes a federal judge, issuing a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the law.

Reason

In Scathing Rulings, Federal Courts Block Arkansas and Texas Age Verification Laws

Plus: Meta revises controversial "dangerous organizations" policy, a win against civil asset forfeiture in Detroit, and more...

Reason

Judge blocks Arkansas law requiring parental OK for minors to create social media accounts

A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts

The Independent UK

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Convicted rapist who escaped from prison using jet ski in 2022 is captured, authorities say

A convicted rapist who authorities say used a jet ski during an escape from an Arkansas prison has been arrested in West Virginia

The Independent UK

Convicted rapist who escaped from Arkansas prison using jet ski in 2022 is captured, authorities say

A convicted rapist who authorities say used a jet ski during an escape from an Arkansas prison has been arrested in West Virginia

The Independent UK

Arkansas Business Owner Sues Over Government Garbage Monopoly

X-Dumpsters owner Steven Hedrick rents roll-away dumpsters to people, but now his city forces residents to contract with the county.

Reason

Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants to send Arkansas schools back to 1956

Everybody who disagrees with her educational reforms, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims, is a member of “the radical woke left mob” that she’s protecting schoolchildren from.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Eight candidates set to appear at tonight’s Republican presidential debate

Eight presidential hopefuls are set to appear at the first Republican presidential primary debate tonight: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and South…

Ballotpedia

California Lawmakers Propose Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers

Plus: GOP hopefuls debate tonight, Canadian link tax backfires, and more...

Reason

Talking off-cycle elections on the Ballotpedia podcast

Welcome to the Monday, August 21, 2023, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Pence won’t say if criminal conviction should rule Trump out as president

Former vice-president who once voted to expel felon from Congress says American people should decide

The Guardian - US

Appeals Court Rules in Much-Anticipated Abortion Pills Case

Plus: Court urged to stop Arkansas' social media age verification law from taking effect in September, legalizing medical marijuana linked to lower insurance premiums, and more...

Reason

How joan recorded a million-streaming debut album in their bedroom: "Every melody matters. If the melody isn’t undeniably singable, the song isn’t going to stick"

With tens of millions of streams, a blossoming global fanbase and a knack for gleaming pop production, Arkansas duo joan are poised to become a very big deal

MusicRadar

Brickbat: Sorry, I Was Aiming at Your Dog

Tina Hight has sued the Columbia County, Arkansas, sheriff's office, Sheriff Mike Loe and Deputy Brian Williams after Williams shot her while trying to hit her Pomeranian dog. Hight called 911 for help in August 2022 for what she described as a domestic violence situation. But bodycam video shows when…

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Salon

Arkansas: No AP Black History credits

The state will stop awarding credits for AP African American Studies, claiming it violates Sarah Sanders' order

The Guardian - US

Outrage as Arkansas tells high schools to drop AP African American course

‘Grave concern’ after latest example of conservative lawmakers limiting education on racial history

USA Today Sports Media Group

Every game during Georgia’s 18 game home winning streak

Let's take a look back at every game on Georgia's current home winning streak.

Reason

Brickbat: Everybody Makes Mistakes

Frisco, Texas, Police Chief David Shilson has apologized to an Arkansas family pulled over in a "high-risk traffic stop" in which officers ordered family members out of their vehicle at gunpoint and told them they could be shot. An officer had run the license plate of the family's Dodge Charger…

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Ballotpedia

Arkansas veto referendum on LEARNS Act falls short of required signatures

Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students (CAPES) submitted signatures on July 31 to place a veto referendum on the Nov. 2024 ballot to repeal the LEARNS Act, an education bill signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R).

Texas Observer

How Less-educated Whites Fell Behind and Blamed Race

In Arkansas, a reporter examines the effects of stagnant economy on the place she came from, and how it encouraged racism among white people.

InsideEVs

Watch Police Deploy Stop Stick, Attempt PIT Maneuvers To Stop Tesla

Arkansas State Police managed to stop the Tesla Model Y driver only after deploying a stop stick, attempting three PIT maneuvers, and finally ramming into it.

WEKU

GOP hopeful Asa Hutchinson is optimistic that Trump's grip on party will loosen

The former Arkansas governor and 2024 presidential candidate who is critical of the former president is struggling in the polls. He sees voters not dwelling on Trump but focused on other issues.

The Guardian - US

‘Criminal liability for librarians’: the fight against US rightwing book bans

Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward, which helped block a controversial Arkansas law, says attacks will continue

Roll Call

Red states' revenge evident in House earmarks distribution - Roll Call

The majority of states would lose earmarks in the House GOP-drafted appropriations bills. But 16 mostly deep red states would come out ahead.

The Independent UK

Family mistakenly held at gunpoint by Texas police say the stop traumatized the kids in the car

A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected their car was stolen says she decided to speak out after seeing video from a passerby and realizing two officers had aimed firearms at her 13-year-old son while his hands…

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