Tag: Arkansas

Ledell Lee was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Debra Reese with a tire iron in February 1993 in Jacksonville. (Benjamin Krain/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas executes first inmate since 2005 following late-night Supreme Court orders

Ryan Lovelace · April 21, 2017 2:54 pm

People gather at a rally opposing the state's upcoming executions, on the front steps of Arkansas' Capitol, Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas AG to appeal 1 of 2 execution stays to Supreme Court

Associated Press · April 18, 2017 12:37 am

Arkansas had originally planned to execute eight inmates, but two were granted a stay in the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk)

Federal judge blocks Arkansas executions

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2017 1:26 pm

Red Alert Politics

Tailgating just got interesting! State legalizes guns at games

Ryan Girdusky · March 23, 2017 3:29 pm

Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio governors say rollback of Medicaid expansion wouldn't work. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Four Republican governors oppose health bill

Robert King · March 17, 2017 3:00 pm

Sen. Jason Rapert, a Republican state lawmaker, is pushing to remove the names of the state's most famous Democrats, Bill and Hillary Clinton, from Little Rock's airport. (Staton Breidenthal/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)

Arkansas lawmaker wants to rename Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport

Keith Koffler · February 26, 2017 8:53 pm

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court's ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples to put the names of both spouses on the birth certificates of their children without a court order. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Top Arkansas court reverses ruling on same-sex couples on birth certificates

Ryan Lovelace · December 8, 2016 10:42 pm

A first-time voter in Arkansas discovered a major error on her ballot when she went to vote in Lonoke County this week: Hillary Clinton's name was spelled Hilliary, placing the word "liar" in the Democratic presidential nominee's first name. (screenshot)

Some Arkansas ballots have ‘liar’ in Hillary Clinton’s name

Anna Giaritelli · November 4, 2016 10:27 pm

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has denied any recent convertion to Islam, but said he has "great love" for the religion. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Governor scolds women’s college basketball players for kneeling during anthem

Anna Giaritelli · November 4, 2016 3:47 am

Alaska, Alabama, Wyoming and Oklahoma have confirmed to the Washington Examiner that they will have only one insurer offering Obamacare plans for 2017. (AP Photo)

Four states will have one Obamacare insurer

Robert King · October 3, 2016 4:01 am

Pictured above, then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and wife Hillary Rodham and week-old baby daughter Chelsea pose for a family picture, March 5, 1980. (AP Photo/Donald R. Broyles)

$194,906.50 a year wasn’t enough for Hillary Clinton

Jeremy Lott · August 11, 2016 3:23 am

Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said that he supported Donald Trump because "Trump won fair and square." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Arkansas governor: Trump is a ‘transparent, straight-talking leader’

Ryan Lovelace · July 20, 2016 1:27 am