ANDREW DeMILLO | The Seattle Times

October 24, 2020 at 6:57 am

Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts

Republican claims that Democrats would expand the U.S. Supreme Court to undercut the conservative majority if they win the presidency and control of Congress has...

October 11, 2020 at 6:21 am

GOP governors in spiking states strain for silver linings

Hospitalizations from COVID-19 have hit their highest points recently throughout the Midwest, where the growth in new cases has been the worst in the nation....

October 5, 2020 at 11:29 am

Arkansas race tests Democrats’ reach in solidly red state

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When she ran for an Arkansas congressional seat a decade ago, Joyce Elliott lost by 20 points as Republicans took...

September 30, 2020 at 2:41 pm

Little Rock chief sues officers’ union claiming conspiracy

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock's police chief on Wednesday sued the local police union, two assistant chiefs and several officers, accusing them of...

September 11, 2020 at 1:34 pm

Little Rock police officer who fatally shot motorist resigns

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A white Little Rock police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop last year resigned on...

September 2, 2020 at 3:55 pm

Arkansas communities endorse hate crimes law effort

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Community leaders in an Arkansas region that has struggled with racism and white supremacists over the years on Wednesday endorsed...

August 19, 2020 at 8:55 am

Arkansas governor, lawmakers unveil hate crimes proposal

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' Republican governor, attorney general and a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that would impose harsher penalties for...

August 7, 2020 at 11:15 am

Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking effect,...

Visitors wearing masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 walk through downtown San Antonio, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared masks or face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state as local officials across the state say their hospitals are becoming increasingly stretched and are in danger of becoming overrun as cases of the coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) TXEG117 TXEG117

July 26, 2020 at 9:43 am

Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates

A number of police chiefs and sheriffs in Arkansas and elsewhere say they won't enforce statewide mask requirements. Some say they don't have the manpower;...

July 16, 2020 at 11:41 am

Arkansas to require face masks to combat coronavirus surge

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued an order Thursday requiring people to wear face masks in public throughout the state, which...

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