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*Arkansas Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Wednesday July 23, 2025 ( 8 items )  

AG Yost Urges the NCAA to Restore Female Athletes' Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 22 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: * * * AG Yost Urges the NCAA to Restore Female Athletes' Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors * (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 26 of his counterparts are calling on the NCAA to restore the records, titles, and other honors earned in recent years by female athletes but denied because of policies allowing biological males to participate in female sports. "Fairness d  more

Attorney General Bird Urges NCAA to Comply with Title IX and Restore Titles
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 22 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Urges NCAA to Comply with Title IX and Restore Titles * DES MOINES--Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a coalition of 28 states and territories urging the NCAA to comply with Title IX and restore records and recognitions to female athletes that were awarded to men who competed in women's sports. The University of Pennsylvania recently agreed to restore titles a  more

Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Fort Smith Man for Obtaining Drugs by Fraud
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Fort Smith Man for Obtaining Drugs by Fraud * Griffin: 'Registered nurses are duty-bound to care for others, not steal from the sick and vulnerable' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Fort Smith man for obtaining drugs by fraud: "On July 15, Matthew Stephen Dani  more

Governor Abbott Thanks Fellow Governors For Support Following Texas Flooding
AUSTIN, Texas, July 22 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Abbott Thanks Fellow Governors For Support Following Texas Flooding * Governor Greg Abbott today thanked his fellow Governors across the country for providing critical emergency response and recovery resources to Texas following a request for support after devastating flooding across the state. "Texas is grateful for the outpouring of support from our fellow Americans across the country a  more

La. A.G. Murrill Urges the NCAA to Restore Female Athletes' Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 23 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Murrill urges the NCAA to Restore Female Athletes' Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a letter led by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions they earned but were denied because of policies t  more

Mo. A.G. Bailey Fights To Reinstate Women's Sports Records Erased By NCAA
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 23 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on July 22, 2025: * * * Attorney General Bailey Fights To Reinstate Women's Sports Records Erased By NCAA JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and 26 other states and territories in demanding that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reinstate the records, titles, awards, and recognitions ri  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Demands NCAA Restore Female Athletes' Records Wrongfully Erased by Male Competitors
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond demands NCAA restore female athletes' records wrongfully erased by male competitors OKLAHOMA CITY (July 22, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restore the records, titles, awards and recognitions of female athletes that were denied because of biological males competing in women's sports. Drummo  more

Sanders Announces Sheridan as Arkansas' Capital for a Day on July 24
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 22 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders Announces Sheridan as Arkansas' Capital for a Day on July 24 * TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS: WHEREAS: Sheridan, named after Union General Philip Sheridan, was incorporated two decades after the end of the Civil War; WHEREAS: The city was chosen as Grant County's seat and quickly became the epicenter of the county's political and economic activity  more