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Visa Cancellations Sow Panic for International Students, With More Than 1,000 Fearing Deportation
More than 1,000 students at more than 160 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated in recent weeks. read more >
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Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Nation’s First Ban on Gender-affirming Care for Minors
The 43-minute hearing on the Arkansas law drew a packed audience that included the actor Elliot Page, who has filed a brief asking the court to uphold last year's ruling. read more >
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Federal Appeals Court Won’t Revisit Ruling That Limits Scope of Voting Rights Act
The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP, which are challenging Arkansas’ new state House districts under the law, have argued last year's ruling would remove a key tool for voters to stand up for their rights. read more >
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Arkansas Jail Inmates Settle Lawsuit With Doctor Who Prescribed Them Ivermectin for COVID-19
The inmates said they were never told ivermectin was among the medications they had been given to treat their COVID-19 infections, and instead were told they were being given vitamins, antibiotics or steroids. read more >
Suit Challenges Arkansas Law Allowing Librarians to be Criminally Charged Over ‘Harmful’ Materials
A coalition that includes the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock filed the challenge to the law, which takes effect Aug. 1. The law also creates a new process to challenge library materials and request that they be relocated to areas not accessible by kids. read more >
Sanders Signs Arkansas Trans Care Malpractice Bill Into Law
Legal experts have said the change could close access to gender-affirming care for children by making it nearly impossible for providers to get malpractice insurance. read more >
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Landmark Trial Begins Over Arkansas’ Ban on Trans Youth Care
If the law takes effect, doctors who violate the ban could lose their licenses or face other professional disciplinary measures and could be sued. read more >
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Leveritt, ACLU Want Supreme Court Review of Pro-Israel Pledge
A ruling last week against the Arkansas Times has pushed its publisher to the doorsteps of the nation's highest court. read more >
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Nobody’s Boycotting Israel, but Just in Case…
Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt is challenging a state ultimatum to either sign a pledge agreeing not to boycott Israel or pay a price in state contracts. read more >
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Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Trans Youth Treatment Ban
A federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Arkansas' ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a lawsuit challenging the prohibition proceeds. read more >
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Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Banning Most Abortions
A federal judge blocks an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality. read more >
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Appeals Court to Rehear Arkansas’ Israel Boycott Pledge Case
A federal appeals court says it will reconsider a panel's decision that Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is unconstitutional. read more >
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Lawsuit Challenges Arkansas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban
Abortion rights supporters file a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' near-total ban on the procedure that's part of an effort by conservatives to force the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Roe v. Wade decision. read more >
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ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Arkansas Trans Youth Treatment Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union asks a federal judge to strike down a new Arkansas law that made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth. read more >
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Arkansas 1st State to Ban Surgery for Transgender Youth
Arkansas lawmakers make the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor's objections. read more >
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Hutchinson Signs Medical Conscience Objections Law
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law legislation allowing doctors to refuse to treat someone because of religious or moral objections. read more >
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Arkansas Temporarily Halted From Enforcing Meat-Labeling Law
A federal judge on Wednesday restricted Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans using terms such as “burger” or “sausage” to sell vegetarian and vegan products. read more >
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Tofurky: Arkansas Meat-labeling Law Unconstitutional
Tofurky Co., which produces plant-based alternatives to meat, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming an Arkansas law that bans the use of "meat" in the labeling of its products violates free speech rights. read more >
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Want State Business? Stay on Israel’s Side
The Arkansas Times, which lost ad business with the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College after rejecting pro-Israel language in an ad contract, is suing to neuter the state law requiring it. read more >
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New Arkansas Legislation Takes Aim at Boycotting Israel
Among the many new laws that Arkansas legislators approved last year was a requirement that contractors bidding on state jobs sign a pledge they are not boycotting Israel. read more >
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