Executions using nitrogen gas will soon be legal in Arkansas if the governor signs the legislation into law. House Bill 1489 passed in the Senate on Tuesday. Having already cleared the House, the bill’s next stop is at the governor’s desk for signature.

As Arkansas moves closer to adopting nitrogen gas executions, the controversial method sparks intense debate over justice and humanity.

House Bill 1489, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R-Corning), gives the state the option to execute death row inmates with nitrogen gas, rather than via the state’s existing lethal injection protocol.

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill aimed at barring the state's two- and four-year higher education institutions from directing or allowing any service provider to invest funds held for exclusively charitable purposes solely for environmental,

A bill that would end an Arkansas agency’s ability to place a moratorium on issuing permits in watersheds was pulled by its sponsor in committee on Tuesday.

A new bill in Arkansas is aimed at increasing government transparency.The bill updates the state’s Freedom of Information Act, expanding the rules around public

The Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will be working together to provide age-appropriate firearms safety instruction to students.

Interest in human use of ivermectin grew when people began taking it to prevent or treat COVID-19, despite the FDA and other health agencies warning against it.

In a pivotal move to reshape Arkansas's higher education landscape, lawmakers have passed the Arkansas ACCESS Act, moving it to the House and Senate floor.

A bill that would allow Arkansas universities to conduct sports fundraising raffles passed through a Senate committee meeting Tuesday despite lawmakers’ concerns about whether it would be legal for schools to use the funds to pay players for their name,

If signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the bill would make Arkansas the fourth state in the U.S. to allow executions using nitrogen gas.

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