MADISON, Wisconsin, June 11 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Ark. families sue to block law mandating 10 Commandments in public schools A multifaith group of seven Arkansas families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to "prominently" display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library. The plaintiffs in Stins  more

NEW YORK, June 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Arkansas Families Sue to Block Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public School Classrooms and Libraries * FAYETTEVILLE, A.R. -- A multifaith group of seven Arkansas families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court tod  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news: * * * AU & allies sue over Arkansas law mandating Ten Commandments in public schools Fayetteville, Arkansas -- A multifaith group of seven Arkansas families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to "prominently" display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library. The plaintiffs   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Boozman Touts Arkansas National Security Contributions, Cites Military Installation Vulnerability to Drone Threat * WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) secured public support from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Caine for several Natural State military missions and support capacities during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommitt  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Boozman Releases Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Budget Reconciliation Text WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) today released legislative text for the budget reconciliation package that will rein in runaway spending in the Supplemental Nutrition Assis  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton Introduces Bills to Increase Penalties on Violent Rioters * Contact: Caroline Tabler or Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353 June 10, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No Visas for Violent Criminals Act and the Mitigating Extreme Lawlessness and Threats Act. Together, the pair of bills would stiffen punishment for violent rioters by establishing and in  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Grant County Teen Serves as Senate Page * WASHINGTON-- Poyen High School student Belle Groomes spent the spring semester of her junior year not in the familiar halls of the Grant County campus like her classmates but instead navigating our nation's capital and the corridors of Congress as a U.S. Senate Page. The Leola, Arkansas, native served alongside 30 other high schoolers from across the countr  more

ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas, June 12 -- Henderson State University issued the following news release: * * * Henderson State's graduate nursing program receives CCNE accreditation extension Henderson State University's Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program's accreditation has been extended by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) through 2035. The CCNE Board of Commissioners determined that Henderson's MSN program "substantially complied with all four accreditation standards" e  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 12 -- Baptist Memorial Health Care issued the following news release: * * * NEA Baptist donor-led fund to revolutionize physician recruitment in Northeast Arkansas Jonesboro, Ark., June 11, 2025- NEA Baptist has launched a new campaign through the NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation to recruit specialty physicians to Northeast Arkansas. The Chris and Jamie Fowler Family Physician Recruitment Fund is the first of its kind in Arkansas and offers full medical school tuiti  more