Arkansas Attorney General

Another U.S. Supreme Court win as #SCOTUS denies the effort of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris to vacate the preliminary injunction Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and I won in the Eighth Circuit to stop their illegal student loan cancellation plan. For the second summer in a row, the Court has agreed with Arkansas on this issue. No matter how many times or how many ways they try, the Biden-Harris administration can’t circumvent the law and unilaterally cancel student loans. For the federal government to take such action, Congress would have to vote on it. https://lnkd.in/g-_ub4Qs #arnews

Arkansas, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, and Wisconsin—on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 30 states—have agreed to a settlement with officials from Delaware to end the outstanding damages phase of an unclaimed property dispute won by Arkansas before the United States Supreme Court in 2023. This settlement concludes nearly eight years of litigation over unclaimed Official Checks and returns more than $190 million to the people of Arkansas, our coalition partners, and other states. I want to express my appreciation to Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni, who argued the case before the United States Supreme Court. I look forward to reuniting the people of Arkansas with their money. https://lnkd.in/gDnEQASk #arnews

I am leading a coalition of 24 states urging Brown University to reject an #Israel #BDS proposal at an October board meeting. Nearly three-fourths of the states have laws that prohibit them from doing business with entities that discriminate against Israel, Israelis, or those who do business with either. Arkansas’s law (Act 710 of 2017) places our state among those aggressively combating antisemitic conduct, and it has withstood federal court challenge. https://lnkd.in/gWgmRuin #arnews #arleg

I spoke this morning to Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives about the important work my office is doing in fighting organized retail crime and spurring collaboration on #cybersecurity through our upcoming Cybersecurity Summit. Everyone should register for the free summit, which will be held Oct. 7-8 in Little Rock, by going to my website, www.arkansasag.gov. #arnews

Frankie Bell has been missing since November of 1999. He was last seen in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. If you have any information about him, please contact the Pine Bluff Police Department at (870) 730-2081. #missingpersonmonday

Convicted felon Oscar Stilley’s attempt to resurrect the #abortion amendment ballot petition was stopped last night by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Stilley has no legal standing to bring this lawsuit in the first place. I applaud the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision to deny Stilley’s motion as moot after the court had correctly denied the attempt by the sponsor of the abortion amendment to get on the ballot. https://lnkd.in/g2SDGEaa #arnews #arleg

Big win for the rule of law as the Arkansas Supreme Court confirmed today that the abortion advocates failed to follow the law that other ballot committees had successfully followed for over a decade since Governor Mike Beebe signed the law governing paid canvassers in 2013. The people rule in Arkansas, through the law. https://lnkd.in/gtk5SDTM #arnews #arleg

The former owners of Big Country Chateau continued their disregard for the court and its authority by failing to show up today, resulting in a default judgment against them in Pulaski County Circuit Court. This allows my office to seek relief and hold them accountable for their detestable behavior against Arkansans. https://lnkd.in/gKm_kES6 #arnews

An investigation by my Public Integrity Unit led to the arrest of Melissa Ann Anthony-Ratliff, 36, a former employee of the city of Alexander, in Memphis, Tennessee. PIU Agents and staff with #arleg Joint Audit conducted a review that showed she claimed more hours than she actually worked and was paid more than twice her salary. I commend the agents in my office’s Public Integrity Unit who worked diligently to investigate this case. Corruption in any form is reprehensible, but violating the trust that Arkansans have in public servants is particularly egregious. tinyurl.com/5ee4xkce #arnews

On this National #Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, please join me in remembering the Arkansans we have lost and reminding our friends and neighbors that #OnePillCanKill. It takes a team effort to fight the scourge of fentanyl overdoses. Join the fight today by downloading the ReviveAR App in the Apple Store or Google Play https://lnkd.in/g-d7dW8p #arnews