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*Arkansas Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday June 25, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Bird Leads 16 States in Opposing Harvard's Antisemitic Actions
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 24 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Leads 16 States in Opposing Harvard's Antisemitic Actions * DES MOINES-- Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 16-state coalition supporting President Trump's efforts to hold Harvard accountable for its antisemitic and discriminatory conduct. When Harvard's own Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias submitted its report to the Depa  more

Attorney General Bird Leads 20 States Supporting Nomination of Emil Bove for Federal Appellate Judgeship
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 24 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Leads 20 States Supporting Nomination of Emil Bove for Federal Appellate Judgeship * Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 20-state coalition supporting President Trump's nomination of Emil Bove III to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  Mr. Bove has credentials that establish him as a strong nominee to be a federal appellate jud  more

Attorney General Griffin Successfully Defends Arkansas's Ban on Dangerous Psychoactive Hemp Products
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 24 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Successfully Defends Arkansas's Ban on Dangerous Psychoactive Hemp Products * Griffin: 'If you are selling these products, you are now doing it in violation of the law' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court's decision to enjoin Act 6  more

Idaho A.G. Labrador Joins Coalition Defending President Trump's Efforts to Deport Violent Tren De Aragua Gang
BOISE, Idaho, June 25 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Joins Coalition Defending President Trump's Efforts to Deport Violent Tren de Aragua Gang BOISE -- Attorney General Labrador joined a 25-state coalition in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of President Donald Trump's lawful use of executive authority to deport members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a violent Venezuelan   more

Sanders Announces Merit Bonuses for More Than 4,200 Arkansas Teachers
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 24 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders Announces Merit Bonuses for More Than 4,200 Arkansas Teachers A 1,300 increase from last year * LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Education today announced that more than 4,200 of Arkansas' educators - up from 3,000 the previous year - will receive up to $10,000 bonuses through the LEARNS Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Pr  more