High Court Rules Against Government on Drug Reimbursement
The justices ruled unanimously that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to hospitals and clinics that serve low-income communities. read more >
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Supreme Court Sets Hearing in States’ Unclaimed Checks Dispute
Arkansas and 28 other states are suing Delaware over unclaimed checks from a money transfer company. read more >
Major Companies Stay Mum on Thorny Abortion Issue — For Now
Some experts believe companies are holding off weighing in because they want to wait to see the court's final ruling. read more >
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Biden Restores Stricter Environmental Review of Big Projects
The reviews will look at the likely impact of a project on climate change and nearby communities. read more >
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Arkansas Governor Signs Police Payments Bill as Session Ends
The legislation sets aside $50 million to give $5,000 one-time payments to city and county law enforcement officers. read more >
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Supreme Court Wrestles With EPA Power to Curb Carbon Emissions
The case that could limit the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change. read more >
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Arkansas Panel OKs Health Agencies’ Request to Enforce Vaccine Rule
Officials warned that blocking the rule would jeopardize more than $700 million in federal funding. read more >
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Employment Lawyers Give Advice After SCOTUS Blocks Vaccine Mandate
Businesses still need to be mindful of state and federal regulations. read more >
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Supreme Court Weighs Vaccine Rules Affecting 80 Million Workers
Justices began hearing oral arguments Friday. read more >
Court Allows Biden Vaccine Mandate to Take Effect
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said she would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block the order. read more >
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Court: Some Employers Can Refuse to Offer Free Birth Control
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Trump administration rules allowing some employers to decline to provide contraceptive coverage on religious or moral grounds, which could leave more than 70,000 women without cost-free birth control. read more >
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Boozman Meets With Garland, Still Opposed to Hearings
Republican Sen. John Boozman says a meeting with President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee didn't change his opposition to filling the high court vacancy this year. read more >
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Huckabee: Arkansas Clerks Could Deny Gay Couple Unions
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that since the state hasn't changed its laws to accommodate same-sex marriages, county clerks could rightfully withhold licenses from gay couples. read more >
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Arkansas Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage
Reaction from Arkansas officials to Friday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. read more >
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Update: Leslie Rutledge Says State Will Follow Ruling
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says county clerks must follow the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage, and officials in Pulaski and Carroll counties welcomed the news. read more >
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Twitter Reactions of Interest to SCOTUS Ruling
Friday's 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that extends same-sex marriage to the entire country is "blowing up" Twitter, as expected. read more >
Supreme Court Extends Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide
The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. read more >
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Supreme Court Upholds Nationwide Health Care Law Subsidies
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans. The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, under the 2010 health care law. read more >
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High Court to Review EPA Mercury Limits
The Supreme Court is stepping into a new case about Obama administration environmental rules, agreeing to review a ruling that upholds emission standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. read more >
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