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Arkansas Banks and Marijuana (Robert T. Smith Commentary)
With the rollout of medical marijuana in full swing for Arkansas-based cultivators, dispensaries and patients, businesses vying to provide them with products and services remain in an uncertain position. read more >
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In Arkansas, Jeff Sessions Hears from Panels on School Safety
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says no single solution is appropriate for addressing school shootings. read more >
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Update: Asa Hutchinson, Others React to DOJ Policy Change on Marijuana
The news may have some in Arkansas' burgeoning medical marijuana industry — and the employers who are trying to get handle on how the industry affects the workplace — wondering how it might affect them. read more >
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Update: Sessions Ending Federal Policy That Let Legal Pot Flourish
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. read more >
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Trump Rescinding DACA Program Protecting Young Immigrants
President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. read more >
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Lessons In Leadership (Editorial)
President Trump’s treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions provides an important lesson in how not to be a leader, and leadership is something that businesspeople deeply care about. read more >
As Marijuana Industry Beckons, Banks Just Say No
On one side is a new industry desperately needing local banking services. On the other side are bankers salivating at potential deposits and fee revenue. Between them is a federal government that outlaws marijuana. read more >
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US Charging 412 in Health Fraud Schemes Worth $1.3B
U.S. prosecutors have charged more than 400 people, including two dozen in Arkansas, with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing. read more >
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Opposition Led by Tom Cotton Takes Aim at Criminal Justice Overhaul
A handful of Senate Republicans dealt a severe blow to an overhaul of the criminal justice system in Congress, with U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton calling the legislation "a massive social experiment in criminal leniency." read more >
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