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Tofurky: Arkansas meat-labeling law unconstitutional

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tofurky Co., which produces plant-based alternatives to meat, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming an Arkansas law that bans the use of “meat” in the labeling of its products violates free speech rights. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Oregon-based company against Arkansas’ Bureau of […] → Read More

Tofurky: Arkansas meat-labeling law unconstitutional

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Tofurky Co., which produces plant-based alternatives to meat, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming an Arkansas law that bans the use of "meat" in the labeling of its products violates free speech rights. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Oregon-based company against Arkansas' Bureau of Standards. Tofurky produces tofu, quinoa and other plant-based… → Read More

Across US, clergy mobilize to support vulnerable migrants

So far this week, an anticipated nationwide sweep has not materialized at the expected magnitude. Yet the mere prospect of such action has prompted legions of pastors, rabbis and their congregations across the United States to stand ready to help vulnerable immigrants with offers of sanctuary and other services. Here's a look at some of the recent developments: ___ Rabbis have organized a… → Read More

Lawsuit calls Arkansas "ag-gag" law unconstitutional

A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging an Arkansas state law that farm organizations have used to shield themselves from undercover investigations by animal rights groups. → Read More

Lawsuit calls Arkansas ag-gag law unconstitutional

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging an Arkansas state law that farm organizations have used to shield themselves from undercover investigations by animal rights groups. → Read More

Little Rock police to overhaul no-knock drug raid policies

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Little Rock Police Department announced Wednesday it is overhauling policies for obtaining no-knock warrants in drug raids, eight months after a man alleged officers blasted down his door and raided his apartment without probable cause. Police Chief Keith Humphrey said at a news conference that the department will now use more detailed information when determining… → Read More

Central US flooding hits recreation, tourism industries

As the waters of the swollen Arkansas River rose in Little Rock, and threatened to reach record heights, Samuel Ellis had to make the tough, but prudent, decision to indefinitely shutter kayak rentals from his tour company. → Read More

Central US flooding hits recreation, tourism industries

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - As the waters of the swollen Arkansas River rose in Little Rock, and threatened to reach record heights, Samuel Ellis had to make the tough, but prudent, decision to indefinitely shutter kayak rentals from his tour company. Weeks of flooding along the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers has hit tourism and recreation businesses in the central U.S., whether or not they're… → Read More

Pine Bluff officials: Flood won't sink Arkansas city's hopes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An economically struggling Arkansas city in the midst of a revitalization plan continued flooding Tuesday as the Arkansas River crested its banks, but local officials said even after the waters recede, the community's resilience will bolster recovery. Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington said federal and state aid will be crucial to help the town of about 42,000 clean up… → Read More

Flood risk abates for Arkansas city as water advance slows

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials from a small Arkansas city where a levee breached say the risk of widespread flooding has abated because the Arkansas River crested without inundating the city, though communities downriver aren't out of danger yet. Dardanelle Mayor Jimmy Witt said in a Facebook post Saturday night that he thought the city of about 4,700 people "will be ok" after the flow of… → Read More

Flood risk abates for Arkansas city as water advance slows

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials from a small Arkansas city where a levee breached say the risk of widespread flooding has abated because the Arkansas River crested without inundating the city, though communities downriver aren't out of danger yet.Dardanelle Mayor Jimmy Witt said in a Facebook post Saturday night that he thought the city of about 4,700 people will be ok after the flow of water… → Read More

Flood risk abates for Arkansas city as water advance slows

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials from an Arkansas community where a levee breached say the risk of widespread flooding has abated because the Arkansas River crested without inundating the city. Dardanelle Mayor Jimmy Witt said in a Facebook post Saturday night that he thinks the city of about 4,700 people "will be ok" after the flow of water toward the community began to slow. → Read More

North Little Rock urges evacuations over flooding fears

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Crews were making a "last ditch effort" on Saturday to save low-lying parts of a small Arkansas city from floodwaters pouring through a breached levee, and authorities downstream were warning people to leave a neighborhood that sits across the swollen river from the state capital. → Read More

North Little Rock urges evacuations over flooding fears

Officials began knocking on doors Saturday in a North Little Rock neighborhood and warning residents to leave for higher ground, as floodwaters that have been spilling into Arkansas River communities upstream for more than a week make their way downstream. → Read More

North Little Rock urges evacuations over flooding fears

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials are knocking on doors in a North Little Rock, Arkansas, neighborhood and telling residents they should probably leave for higher ground due to the threat of flooding from the Arkansas River. Officials say in a Facebook post Saturday that they believe the river will back up storm drainage areas and cause roads to become inaccessible for possibly more than a… → Read More

North Little Rock urges evacuations over flooding fears

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials are knocking on doors in a North Little Rock, Arkansas, neighborhood and telling residents they should probably leave for higher ground due to the threat of flooding from the Arkansas River. Officials say in a Facebook post Saturday that they believe the river will back up storm drainage areas and cause roads to become inaccessible for possibly more than a week. → Read More

Levees strained as Arkansas River stays at record levels

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas River held steady at record levels Thursday morning, putting enormous pressure on aging levees and offering little relief to areas enduring historic flooding. → Read More

Levees strained as Arkansas River stays at record levels

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas River held steady at record levels Thursday morning, putting enormous pressure on aging levees and offering little relief to areas enduring historic flooding. In Fort Smith, Arkansas' second-largest city, officials expected hundreds of homes to flood , while in nearby Van Buren, officials warned that a levee protecting a mostly rural area was "showing signs… → Read More

Rain intensifies flooding in saturated Arkansas, Oklahoma

Brad Hindley planned to be vacationing on a lake this week. Instead, he's been on a boat in his swamped Fort Smith neighborhood trying to keep gas in generators that are pumping water from his flooded home in Arkansas' second largest city. → Read More

River nears crest in west Arkansas, but more rainfall looms

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Heavy rainfall intensified flooding in already saturated areas along the Oklahoma-Arkansas border on Wednesday as the swollen Arkansas River hit record levels in Arkansas' second-largest city. Officials said the aging levee system was holding up despite a rush of water coming downstream from rain-soaked Oklahoma and Kansas. Still, the river was nearly twice the... → Read More