A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such treatments as child abuse.
Author: ANDREW DeMILLO
Shootings prompt debate on purchase age for AR-style rifles
The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18. That’s prompting Congress and some governors and state lawmakers to revisit the question of whether…
GOP governors slam COVID limits while setting policy agendas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As the omicron variant rages and fills up hospital beds around the country, Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the COVID-19 pandemic even as they seek to move past it a…
Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas governor, OKs law allowing employees to opt out of vaccine mandates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday effectively approved a new law that will allow employees to opt-out of COVID-19 vaccine requirements, a move by fellow Republicans to challenge federal vaccine mandates. Hutchinson all…
Arkansas House OKs employee opt-out for COVID-19 vaccine
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas House on Tuesday advanced legislation that would require employers to let workers opt out of taking the COVID-19 vaccine, despite warnings it would conflict with President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate and threaten …
Arkansas bill creates antibody exemption for vaccine mandate
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation that would allow workers to opt out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they’re tested weekly or can prove they have natural antibodies. The House and Senate…