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Here is the latest Arkansas news from The Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright's decision is part of a lawsuit brought by the American...Tags: Politics, John Boozman, Judges, Small Businesses, Crime, Law and Justice
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Latest Arkansas news, sports, business and entertainment
KIDNAPPED GIRL FOUND Arkansas police recover 2-year-old Georgia girl WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say a 2-year-old girl who was reported kidnapped in Georgia has been recovered by a trooper in West Memphis. Officials said...Tags: Unemployment, Labor Legislation, Small Businesses, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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US Sen. Mark Pryor hosting Twitter 'town hall' on farm bill, other agriculture issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas is hosting a Twitter town hall to answer questions about the farm bill and other agricultural issues. Pryor's office said the Democratic lawmaker will answer questions via Twitter about...Tags: Social Media, Twitter, Inc.
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Senate to take up farm bill in May
WASHINGTON - Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said April 25 that she plans to hold a markup of a new farm bill in May, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that he intends to bring it to the Senate floor...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Harry Reid, Debbie Stabenow, Immigration, Heidi Heitkamp
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: Tom Harkin, Labor Legislation, Mike Johanns, Crime, Law and Justice, Max Baucus
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Pro-Obama group will go after Democrats on guns
WASHINGTON — The nonprofit advocacy group backing President Obama’s second-term agenda plans to mobilize constituents against the U.S. senators who helped defeat a measure to expand background checks Wednesday – including four members of...Tags: Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Heidi Heitkamp, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Senate sets aside gun bill, for now
WASHINGTON -- The Senate formally shelved further consideration of gun legislation Thursday even as supporters of a plan to expand background-check requirements vowed to keep pushing the issue. The decision to set the bill aside came after a showdown...Tags: Harry Reid, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Mental Health, Gun Control
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Background check 'win-win' amendment gets a 'no, thanks' from Senate minority
Change of SubjectSenate deals setback to gun bill in vote on background checks tells the story of how the filibuster wins again: The final vote was, 54 (yes) to 46 (no), after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) switched his vote to...... -
Shame on the Senate; send 'em all home
Let me begin this column with an apology. Once a week, I pick an important issue and offer my reasoned analysis, based on the facts, of what it all means and how we should react. But there are times when the intellect fails and the heart and gut take...Tags: Mike Crapo, Crime, Law and Justice, Max Baucus, Richard Shelby, Jeff Sessions
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Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat
WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Columbine High School, Harry Reid, Crime, Law and Justice, Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control
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Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats’ drive for new gun control legislation Thursday, shelving his party’s bill after Wednesday’s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background...
Tags: Harry Reid, Max Baucus, National Rifle Association of America, Personal Weapon Control, Nancy Pelosi
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control
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