During a press conference held on Wednesday, West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon announced the city’s Family Dollar distribution center will be closing. The 850,000-SF facility, which opened in 1994, distributes across the Mid-South. The closure will impact over 300 employees.…
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AG Rutledge Files Suit Against Drug Manufacturers Over Insulin Prices
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAttorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers for manipulating and inflating insulin and drug prices in Arkansas. The complaint, filed in Pulaski County, alleges that Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Eli Lilly conspired…
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AG Rutledge Files Suit Against Family Dollar After Rodent Reports
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAttorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed a lawsuit against retailer Family Dollar for selling potentially harmful or contaminated products following a massive rodent infestation at its West Memphis distribution center. The complaint alleges that Family Dollar, under the parent company…
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Sarah for Governor Reports Over $12.8 Million Total in Campaign Funds
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSarah Huckabee Sanders will report over $12.8 million total raised from more than 87,000 donors in less than one year since announcing her candidacy, including over $1.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, campaign officials announced on Tuesday. In…
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Arkansas Board Approves Redistricting Maps; Dems Foretell Legal Action
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved newly-drawn state House and state Senate maps on Monday, following a 30-day public comment period. Over the past few months, The Board of Apportionment (consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General)…
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Hutchinson, AR Senators Officially Endorse Sarah Sanders for Governor
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Asa Hutchinson officially endorsed Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Governor of Arkansas on Friday morning. The former White House press secretary and daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee officially announced her candidacy earlier this year, and has since become…
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Arkansas Governor Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandates; AG Files Lawsuit
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Hutchinson held a press conference Thursday after new rules came down from the federal level of government that aim to implement vaccine mandates on employers. “The Biden administration followed through with its promise to impose federal vaccine mandates on…
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Attorney General Rutledge Tells Biden to ‘Lawyer Up’ in Fight Against Vaccine Mandate
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas Attorney General and candidate for governor, Leslie Rutledge, took to Twitter Tuesday evening to express her frustration with President Joe Biden’s latest vaccine mandate. “President Biden needs to lawyer up because I will see him in court as I…
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Conway Native Trent Minner Announces Republican Bid for State Representative
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffRepublican Trent Minner, of Conway, has officially announced his candidacy for State Representative, District 72, which includes Faulkner County. Minner is described as a lifelong conservative, and currently serves as an assistant attorney general in the Public Protection Department where he…
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Rutledge Calls for 2022 Ballot Proposal to Eliminate State Income Tax
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced a plan to put a constitutional amendment on the 2022 election ballot that would eliminate the state’s individual income tax. Rutledge, who is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2022, said she wants…