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Surrounded by legislators, Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs tax cuts into law. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the largest tax cut in Arkansas history into law Thursday (Dec. 9) following a three-day special session. The cuts reduce Arkansas’ top income tax rate from 5.9% to 5.5% next year and to 4.9% in the next four years if certain economic conditions are met. The legislation would also reduce the cor...

NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Moore Kuehn, PLLC, a law firm focusing in securities litigation located on Wall Street in downtown New York City, is investigating potential claims concerning whether the following proposed mergers are fair to shareholders. Moore Kuehn may seek increased consideration, additional disclosures, or other relief on behalf of the shareholders of these compani...

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A Chilean law permitting same-sex couples to marry and adopt was signed into law Thursday by President Sebastián Piñera in a ceremony attended by activists for LGBTand broader human rights. The ceremony came a little more than six months after the conservative leader surprised many by saying he would smooth the way for a marriage equality law that had long been stuck in the...

Chile's government palace is illuminated with the colours of the LGBTQ flag after the Senate approved a same-sex marriage bill this week [Alex Ibanez/Chilean Presidency handout via Reuters] Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has signed an historic bill legalising same-sex marriage into law, days after the measure was approved by Congress. The law “puts all love relationships between two peopl...

Cleveland voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 2, 2021 election. Elections officials, county prosecutors and voting advocates are pushing for clarity on a recent law change that seems to impose a sweeping ban on government officials from working with private groups on elections issues. (John Kuntz, cleveland.com) John Kuntz, cleveland.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -- County prosecutors and voter-outrea...

White supremacists embraced cryptocurrency early in its development, and in some cases produced million-dollar profits through the technology, reshaping the racist right in radical ways, a Hatewatch analysis found. Hatewatch identified and compiled over 600 cryptocurrency addresses associated with white supremacists and other prominent far-right extremists for this essay and then probed their...

File photo FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A man was convicted in a second trial of killing his father-in-law in 2010 after a dispute over the renovations of a duplex that they both lived in. Richard Carreiro-Forbes, 40, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing 59-year-old Doug Carreiro, Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office said Wednesday. Carreiro-Forbes was previously tri...

Hospital and physician groups on Thursday announced their plan to sue the federal government over its plan for addressing disputes about surprise medical bills, which tilts toward using prevailing rates paid for services. The American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) said they will ask the US District Court for the District of Columbia to try to prevent implem...

Oxford High School (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Superintendent Tim Throne says students in elementary and middle school buildings in the Oxford district will return to classrooms Friday for a half day. Acknowledging feedback provided by students and families, the district is employing strategies for what Throne referred to as “safe and soft reopenings,” including: Every district building will have...

TYLER, Texas., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Roberts & Roberts law firm will once again provide free rides home to prevent drunk driving during this holiday season. Roberts & Roberts is doing this by partnering again with the Tyler Car Service to provide residents of Tyler and Longview with free rides home from Friday, December 10, 2021, through Saturday, January 1, 2022. Randy Roberts...