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The U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that protected women's rights to an abortion struck a bad chord with some local elected officials, while proponents of Friday's ruling saw it as the successful completion of decades of struggle, now that states including Arkansas are allowed to criminalize abortion again.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday signed a certificate implementing a 2019 law that bans abortions in Arkansas except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion across the country.

The state Senate Ethics Committee will continue deliberations about two ethics complaints filed against state senators Monday morning, after the committee convened in a private executive session for more than seven hours Thursday.

The Arkansas Senate Ethics Committee on Wednesday convened in a closed-door executive session for more than five hours to consider evidence after two ethics complaints were filed against state senators last week.

The Alliance for a Better Arkansas Inc. group has paid a $500 fine and been issued a public letter of caution by the Arkansas Ethics Commission in a settlement of complaint filed against the organization, commission records show.

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This is the ninth of 14 entries in a series highlighting Jefferson County high school and college graduates.

This is the sixth of 14 entries in a series highlighting Jefferson County high school and college graduates.

Leaders of an anti-violence organization took to the steps of Pine Bluff city hall Thursday to shine a light on the rights of victims of violent crimes.

Pine Bluff officials learned Thursday that the city will receive $32 million of the $96 million allocated to Arkansas from the $918 million provided in the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for watershed projects. The announcement came from Terry Crosby, chief of the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service.