Author: Andrew Demillo
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Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?
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Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
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Hutchinson launches GOP 2024 bid
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. • Asa Hutchinson, who recently completed two terms as Arkansas governor, said Sunday he will seek the Republican presidential nomination, positioning himself as an alternative to Donald Trump just days after the former president was indicted by a grand jury in New York. Hutchinson said Trump should drop out of the race,…
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Arkansas malpractice bill restricts trans youth medical care
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. • Nearly two years after Arkansas became the first state to enact a now-blocked ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Republican lawmakers are trying to effectively reinstate the ban with a proposal Monday to make it easier to file malpractice lawsuits against doctors who provide such care. The proposal, which has been…
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Hutchinson says Trump worst choice for GOP
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WASHINGTON • Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is considering running for president, on Tuesday called a third Donald Trump White House bid the “worst scenario” for Republicans and said his call for terminating parts of the Constitution hurts the country. In an interview, Hutchinson said he planned to make a decision early next year on…
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Trump press secretary Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor nod
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. • Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders won the Republican nomination for Arkansas governor on Tuesday after a campaign where she focused primarily on national issues and criticizing President Joe Biden. Sanders defeated former talk radio host and podcaster Doc Washburn, who mounted a longshot bid for the GOP nomination in…
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Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. • Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision but opponents vow to block before it takes effect this year. The Republican governor…
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Former VA pathologist charged in deaths of 3 patients
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. • A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital in 2018 after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients who authorities say he misdiagnosed and whose records he later altered to conceal his mistakes. A grand jury indictment…
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Prosecutor: Police justified in shooting of Arkansas teen
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A black teenager pointed a BB gun that looked like a handgun at police before he was fatally shot by officers outside an emergency youth center in eastern Arkansas, a prosecutor said in announcing no charges would be filed against the officers. Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington on Wednesday released body camera footage that…
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Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the destruction of Oklahoma’s monument at its state Capitol, authorities said. The privately funded Arkansas monument had been in place outside the state Capitol in Little…
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Arkansas events show risk of ambitious execution schedule
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ push to put eight men to death in less than two weeks has so far resulted in just one lethal injection, and legal experts say that shows the risks of pursuing the nation’s most ambitious execution schedule since the death penalty was restored in 1976. Ledell Lee was executed minutes…