3 dead, 10 injured in shooting outside Arkansas grocery store

3 dead, 10 injured in shooting outside Arkansas grocery store

Three people were killed and ten others injured in a mass shooting Friday outside a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, state police said. Two law enforcement officers were among the injured, but their condition was not life-threatening, police said at a press conference in the afternoon. Arkansas State Police responded to the Mad Butcher grocery … Read more

Arkansas Governor Signs Revenue and Property Tax Cuts into Law

Arkansas Governor Signs Revenue and Property Tax Cuts into Law

PETIT ROCH, Ark. (AP) – The governor of Arkansas. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Wednesday cutting state spending. property and income taxes after concluding a special session in which they also approved legislation to maintain the state’s hunting and fishing programs. Sanders signed the measure cutting the state’s highest corporate and personal income tax rates, … Read more

Judge rejects challenge to federal rules on lawsuits aimed at making it easier for workers to have abortions

Judge rejects challenge to federal rules on lawsuits aimed at making it easier for workers to have abortions

CHICAGO (AP) – ONE Lawsuit filed by 17 states Tough federal rules allow workers to take leave and other accommodation for abortions lacks standing, an Arkansas federal judge ruled Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April, days after the agency published the … Read more

A Texas Democrat who joined the Republican Party in supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors who drop out of elementary school

A Texas Democrat who joined the Republican Party in supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors who drop out of elementary school

A Democratic Texas lawmaker who broke with her party by supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors was ousted in a primary runoff that galvanized LGBTQ+ groups nationwide, who then campaigned for his opponent in the race for the south Houston seat. Rep. Shawn Thierry’s defeat follows four terms in which the Houston congresswoman … Read more

25 dead in the United States after weekend tornadoes; 1 million Texans without power

25 dead in the United States after weekend tornadoes;  1 million Texans without power

HOUSTON (AP) — Severe storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail slammed Texas Tuesday, leaving more than a million businesses and homes without power as much of the United States was recovering from severe weather, including tornadoes, which killed at least 24 people during this period. on the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread outages were … Read more