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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — When Asa Hutchinson launches his bid for president this week, he’ll do so at a familiar location: the downtown square in the northwest Arkansas city where he was born, practiced law and first ran for office. But Bentonville today is vastly different from the sleepy small town of fewer than 9,000 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Poplar-White Station library will have a new name in honor of a fallen Memphis police officer. The library will now be officially renamed to the Officer Geoffrey Redd Library after the Memphis City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday. Officer Redd was shot while responding to a disturbance call near the library […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We’re learning new details after a police chase involving shots fired at police and chaotic crashes started in Memphis and ended in Southaven, Mississippi. Demarcus Chambers, 39, was arrested Monday afternoon but not before investigators say he shot at police after crashing into cars and carjacking a woman. We’re learning what led […]

Senate Republicans are trying to maintain solidarity with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), but they are not thrilled with his proposal to extend the debt ceiling for only a year, setting up another standoff that could rattle the stock markets a few months before Election Day.   Senate Republicans think they have a good chance of […]

Defending parental rights in education has become a fan favorite state-level policy move among Republicans, and the GOP-majority House is set to shine a national spotlight on the issue this week with a vote on the “Parents Bill of Rights Act.”  The measure will receive neither time nor attention in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but Republicans […]

House Republicans passed an education bill on Friday that emphasizes parental rights in the classroom, leaning into a hot-button, culture war issue that has gained popularity in GOP politics across the country. The legislation, titled the Parents Bill of Rights, passed in a 213-208 vote, and it now heads to the Senate for consideration. It is […]

Florida LGBTQ advocacy groups and lawmakers are gearing up for another uphill battle against Gov. Ron DeSantis and his fellow Republicans as the legislature appears poised to pass an expansion to the controversial state education law restricting talk of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms. The state’s Parental Rights in Education measure, […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than 500,000 homes and businesses in West Virginia would see their electricity bills increase for up to a year or more to extend the life of a coal-fired power plant on the brink of closure under a proposal advancing through the state’s utility regulatory agency. West Virginia’s Public Service Commission […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has gotten his most high-profile endorsement from a Senate Republican yet, winning the backing of Montana’s Steve Daines, chief of the Senate’s GOP fundraising arm. “I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president of the United States,” Daines, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is in custody after shots were fired at a Memphis police officer during a chase that ended with a crash in Southaven. Southaven Police said they were notified about a suspect who carjacked a vehicle and fired shots at a police officer in Memphis. The suspect, identified as Demarcus Chambers, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Tennessee lawmakers who became Democratic heroes for facing expulsion after participating in gun control protests visited the White House on Monday, describing themselves as “representatives of a movement” that is demanding greater restrictions on firearms to save lives. “Courage is something that can be contagious,” said Rep. Justin Jones after an […]