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'Michael Cantrell'

Arguments over Ten Commandments monument heard in federal court

U.S. District Court Judge Kristine Baker will issue a written ruling in the long-running case, but did not provide a timeline for her decision. Three groups argued in favor of removing the monument, including one lawyer who called the monument "unmistakably religious."
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Mixed messages from the witness stand as trial on transgender health care ban resumes

A psychiatrist said doctors can be too quick to prescribe puberty blockers and hormones to transgender youth, but acknowledged these treatments are sometimes appropriate and that he's even prescribed them himself. As a paid witness for the state in its attempt to defend a ban on gender-affirming medical care, Dr. Stephen Levine was mostly a bust.
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Doctors testify at first day of trial over ban on medical treatments for transgender youth

A long first day of testimony in the trial over Arkansas's ban on medical treatments that experts said won't cost any lives, but will definitely save some. A psychiatrist attests to knowledge gained and suicides prevented in his 30 years in the field, and an endocrinologist says benefits from puberty blockers and hormone therapies are often worth the risks.

State finds contractor ineligible to run youth lockups, will award contract to rival instead

State procurement officials confirmed Thursday that a company recently awarded a $15.8 million contract to operate Arkansas's youth lockup facilities has turned out to be ineligible under the terms of the state's RFP.
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