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MS House votes to seal concealed-carry gun info

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to block public access to information about state-issued permits for people to carry concealed weapons.

House Bill 485 passed 101-18 Tuesday. It moves to the Senate for more debate.

The bill's sponsor is Republican Mark Baker of Brandon, who chairs the

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Ark panel votes down ban on abortion funding

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -

A bill to block public money from funding abortions under federal health reform failed in a House committee - but its sponsor says he'll bring the measure up for reconsideration.

The bill by Democrat Rep. Butch Wilkins would block insurance under the Affordable Care Act from using taxpayer money to cover elective

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Arkansas House panel OKs sex-offender bill

Courtesy Arkansas.gov

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -

A House committee has advanced a bill that would ban dangerous sex offenders from some facilities in Arkansas state parks.

The bill by Republican Rep. Stephanie Malone of Fort Smith passed on a voice vote in the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

Malone's bill would prohibit the most extreme

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Ingram considering run for Arkansas governor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -

State Sen. Keith Ingram says he's considering running for the Democratic party's gubernatorial nomination next year after Attorney General Dustin McDaniel abandoned his bid for the state's top office.

Ingram said Tuesday that he's been encouraged by supporters to look at the 2014 governor's race. Ingram said he

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Boy Scouts considering allowing gay scout leaders

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Next week, the National Boy Scouts of America Council will look at lifting its ban on sexual orientation within its organization. This comes just six months after the organization reaffirmed its long standing stance banning gays.

"I don't agree with that. I think the way it is right now is the way it should be.

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