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Rethinking the food vs. fuel debate
This year's drought, along with recent news reports of the lowest corn yield in 17 years, has rekindled the food vs. fuel debate — and, for good reasons. When Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007, an ambitious schedule...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Martin O'Malley, Droughts, Ethanol, Auto Trends
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Arkansas state treasurer resigns in face of federal charges
ReutersBy Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 21 (Reuters) - Arkansas' state treasurer resigned on Tuesday, a day after federal authorities charged her with extortion stemming from accusations that she gave a broker state bond business in exchange for repeated...Tags: Elections, Executive Branch, Organized Crime, Justice System, Government
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Arkansas state treasurer faces federal charges, calls to resign
ReutersBy 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...Tags: Executive Branch, Organized Crime, Prosecution, Pies and Tarts, Government
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
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...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Abortion, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court
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Judge blocks Arkansas law banning abortions after 12 weeks
ReutersLITTLE 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...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice System, Abortion, Laws, Judges
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Judge grants injunction in Arkansas abortion ban case
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...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Abortion, Judges
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Obama visit another boost for touted school
Austin American-StatesmanManor'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...Tags: Teaching and Learning, New Products, Graduation, Engineering, Technology
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Arkansas pledges $1 Million for Marshals Museum
FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Officials say the planned U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith will receive about $1 million from the state's surplus sometime after the start of the new fiscal year this summer. The appropriation for the new museum was included in...Tags: Museums, Corporate Officers
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Arkansas Senate aims to cut off state funds to abortion providers
ReutersLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The Republican-led Arkansas Senate, in the latest statehouse swipe at abortion providers around the country, approved a bill on Tuesday that sponsors said was aimed at cutting off the last vestiges of state funding to...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Elections, Family Planning, Washington, DC, Abortion
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Fallout, arguments for states rejecting Medicaid expansion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare." It could mean exposing...
Tags: Poverty, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Employment Opportunities, Business
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Rivals prepare for legal battle over abortion bans
Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion. For all their differences, attorneys for...
Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Regional Authority, Abortion
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