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Measure to Extinguish Local LGBT Anti-Discrimination Laws Progresses

Arkansas General Assembly

A bill to bar counties and cities from enacting inclusive civil rights ordinances passed the Arkansas State Senate Monday afternoon and is currently in the House. The measure is getting flack, however, from the city of Eureka Springs--which passed its own emergency anti-bias ordinance Monday night.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.