Proposed legislation will allow Marshallese Arkansans to serve as law enforcement officers Share Updated: 6:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021
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Show Transcript JOINS US LIVE IN SPRINGDALE TONIGHT WITH THAT STORY THAT BILL WAS FILED LAST THURSDAY BY REPRESENTATIVE MEGAN GODFREY WHO REPRESENTS SPRINGDALE. SHE SAYS THE BILL IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SPRINGDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY. about 15 years ago when I first moved to Arkansas and I worked at the juvenile detention center, I wanted to move forward and become a sheriff deputy, but I couldn t do that EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ARKANSAS COALITION OF MARSHALLESE MELISA LAELAN SAYS SHE WAS NOT A US CITIZEN AT THE TIME. SHE SAYS NON-US MARSHALLESE CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AND ARE CONSIDERED NON- IMMIGRANTS. currently the Arkansas law says that anyone who is a law enforcement officer must be a
A bill to require Holocaust education to be taught in Arkansas public schools is intended to be introduced in the state Senate education committee next week.
Judge rules against Fayetteville bar and restaurant owners in curfew suit Share Updated: 5:42 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 Share Updated: 5:42 PM CST Jan 26, 2021
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Show Transcript ATTENDED THAT HEARING THIS MORNING OVER ZOOM AND TELLS US WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I feel that our clients need to make a living. If they are, they are the only industry out of every industry in the state that is being regulated like they are, then that is totally unfair. THE STATE ARGUED THAT IF IT CAN PROHIBIT BUSINESSES WITH LIQUOR LICENSES FROM STAYING OPEN PAST TWO, THEN THEY CAN PROHIBIT THOSE BUSINESSES FROM STAYING OPEN PAST 11. IT SAID OWNING A LIQUOR LICENSE IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. I am glad that judge Griffen made the decision that he did today and that he consistently followed the law on that. THE JUDGE SAID PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY TAKES Griffen made the decision that he did today and that he consistently followed the law on that. THE JUDGE SAID P