LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after an investigation by his office's Public Integrity Unit led to the arrest of Melissa Ann Anthony-Ratliff, 36, a former employee of the city of Alexander, in Memphis, Tennessee: "I commend the agents in my office's Public Integrity Unit who worked diligently to investigate this case. Corruption in a  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 24 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the Arkansas Supreme Court last night rejected as moot an emergency motion brought by convicted felon Oscar Stilley: "Convicted felon Oscar Stilley's emergency motion sought to resurrect the abortion amendment ballot petition by compelling the Secretary of State to provisionally certify it for the  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after a Pulaski County Circuit Court granted a default judgment against the former owners of Big Country Chateau apartments in Little Rock: "The former owners of Big Country Chateau continued their disregard for the court and its authority by failing to show up today. Today's default judgment allows my   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 23 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the Arkansas Supreme Court's 4-3 decision in Cowles v. Thurston confirming the Arkansas Secretary of State properly rejected the paid canvasser signature submissions supporting the Arkansas Abortion Amendment: "The people rule in Arkansas, through the law. Changing the Arkansas Constitution in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48163) on Aug. 19, 2024, entitled "Foreign Nationals in the U.S. Armed Forces: Immigration Issues" by immigration policy analyst Holly Straut-Eppsteiner. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Enlistment and appointment in the U.S. Armed Forces is currently limited to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), and residents of certain Pacific Islands (Freely Associated Sta  more