Saying no to Medicaid expansion may backfire

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as 'Obamacare'...

Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law

AndrewDeMillo, Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem...

Witness in Arkansas shooting says it did not appear accidental

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO EXCLUSIVE - Less than two months after 21-year-old Ernest Hoskins was shot to death by his boss during a lunch meeting at the boss' home, an eyewitness has come forward, in an exclusive interview with theGrio, to describe what she saw...

Arrest made in mysterious Arkansas shooting

Joy-Ann Reid

WARD, ARK - An arrest has been made in the case of an Arkansas man shot to death by his boss near Little Rock, Arkansas...

Arkansas man shot to death in mysterious incident at boss' home

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - Police responded to the home of Chris Reynolds on Friday, November 9th, after Reynolds allegedly called police to report he'd shot 21-year-old Ernest Hoskins Jr...

Montel Williams campaigns for Ark. medical marijuana plan

Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Talk show host Montel Williams on Thursday accused opponents of an Arkansas ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana of resorting to 'racist' imagery with a television ad featuring an African-American actor portraying a drug dealer...

Arkansas GOP rep stands by pro-slavery stance

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theGRIO REPORT - Jonesboro-based Arkansas lawmaker and statehouse candidate Jon Hubbard earned some unwanted national attention this week when it was revealed that he had defended the institution of slavery as recently as 2010...

Another Arkansas rep defends slavery: 'Why didn't Jesus condemn it?'

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT - Loy Mauch has emerged as another Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives to have written in support of slavery starting in 2000...

Arkansas GOP rep: Slavery 'a blessing' for blacks

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Jon Hubbard is currently running for a state House seat, and his 2009 self-published book entitled Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative has resurfaced and is attracting a lot of attention. In the book he states that slavery may 'have been a blessing in disguise' for blacks...

Black high school student allegedly hazed with noose by white peers

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - The city of Wynne Arkansas is getting some unwanted attention after white students in their high school junior varsity football team hazed an African-American student with a noose...

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Saying no to Medicaid expansion may backfire

Arkansas' GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law

Witness in Arkansas shooting says it did not appear accidental

Arrest made in mysterious Arkansas shooting

Arkansas man shot to death in mysterious incident at boss' home

Montel Williams campaigns for Ark. medical marijuana plan

Arkansas GOP rep stands by pro-slavery stance

Another Arkansas rep defends slavery: 'Why didn't Jesus condemn it?'

Arkansas GOP rep: Slavery 'a blessing' for blacks

Black high school student allegedly hazed with noose by white peers

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