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By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 20 (Reuters) - Arkansas' state treasurer was charged with extortion on Monday following a weekend arrest on accusations that she took repeated cash payments for state bond business, including money delivered in a pie...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bentonville-based Walmart is making a push to sell more U.S.-made goods and part of that effort includes promoting products made in Arkansas. The world's largest retailer on Monday held an event in Little Rock to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe says Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner ought to resign after she allegedly took cash from a broker who managed state funds. Beebe, a Democrat, told reporters Monday that Shoffner should step down...

An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a new Arkansas law that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most restrictive abortion statutes in the nation. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A hearing is scheduled in a federal lawsuit challenging a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.   Friday's hearing is expected to focus on a request to temporarily block enforcement of the ban that...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Legislature has formally ended this year's legislative session. The House and Senate met briefly Friday and adjourned the session that wrapped up last month with the approval of the state's $4.9 billion budget....

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a request to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.   U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion Friday for a preliminary...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has conferred 891 degrees to its spring graduating class. The degrees awarded Sunday went to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals. Receiving diplomas...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Anti-hunger organizations are getting ready for the nation's most expansive food drive. The "Stamp Out Hunger" drive is set for Saturday, and Gov. Mike Beebe is holding an event at the Arkansas Capitol at 9:30 a.m. Thursday...

Manor's New eduTech High School has bucked national trends by sending virtually all of its predominately low-income, minority students to college -- a feat that has thrust it into the spotlight. President Barack Obama's visit to the campus Thursday is...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The state of Arkansas is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy, arguing the new restriction is constitutional. The attorney general's office on...