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• Arkansas medical marijuana sales set to begin in mid-May 04/22/2019
  by Hannah Grabenstein, AP LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas are set to begin around May 12 as cultivators plan to begin harvesting the plant in the coming days and regulators finish the approval process for the state’s first dispensaries. Department of Finance and Administration Spokesman Scott Hardin said the final […]
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• Missouri sees some progress from trapping feral hogs 04/22/2019
  CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Some landowners in southeast Missouri are seeing less damage from feral hogs as the state focuses on trapping rather than hunting the invasive animals, according to state conservation officials. The Missouri Department of Conservation has been working with landowners and federal agencies in several southeast Missouri counties to eliminate feral […]
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• Arkansas faces new court fight over sedative for executions 04/22/2019
  by Andrew DeMillo, AP LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates has renewed a court fight over whether the sedative Arkansas uses for lethal injections causes torturous executions, two years after the state raced to put eight convicted killers to death in 11 days before a previous batch of […]
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• University of Missouri to cut space as state money declines 04/22/2019
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is cutting down on building space to reduce maintenance costs following concerns about state budget cuts for higher education. University planners have identified where to divest and demolish campus buildings in an effort to remove 750,000 square feet (70,000 square meters) of space by the 2023-2024 school […]
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• Slight uptick in state’s remedial college course enrollment 04/22/2019
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new Arkansas Department of Higher Education report shows slightly more public college students required a remedial course last school year than the previous one, but the number was about the same as two years ago, when colleges changed how they offered remediation. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the new state […]
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