by - December 15, 2022 7:40 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Dec. 15) that she would begin directing more than $140 million in restricted opioid settlement dollars to general revenues, but her successor, Attorney General-elect…
by - December 13, 2022 6:12 pm
Lt. Gov.-elect Leslie Rutledge, the current Attorney General, announced Tuesday (Dec. 13) her leadership team for the new office. Drew Evans will serve as chief of staff when Rutledge takes…
by - November 14, 2022 7:48 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a major multi-state settlement with Google on Monday (Nov. 14) and her arguments prevailed in an appellate decision to halt President Joe Biden’s executive…
by - November 9, 2021 5:17 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, a Republican candidate for Arkansas governor, announced Tuesday (Nov. 9) that she will now run for Lt. Governor. “Since announcing my candidacy for governor, I have…
by - September 30, 2021 4:22 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Sept. 30) a $15.2 million settlement with Centene Corp. and its subsidiaries, Arkansas Total Care, Inc., Centene Management Company, and Envolve Pharmacy Solutions,…
by - September 1, 2021 4:46 pm
On Wednesday (Sept. 1), Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge allocated $500,000 toward the purchase of law enforcement safety equipment. As part of ACT 786 – a law passed earlier this…
by - August 29, 2021 6:55 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutlege said she’d work with the state legislature to set education policy and she confirmed she would not institute a mask mandate or vaccine mandate to fight…
by - July 22, 2021 8:37 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Republican candidate for Arkansas governor, announced Thursday (July 22) she would lead a constitutional amendment campaign to abolish the state income tax for individuals. Calling it…
by - March 21, 2021 9:38 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says her new lawsuit against Walgreens is part of a continuing mission of accountability for the opioid crisis, and she says her experience as the…
by - December 22, 2020 3:20 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday (Dec. 22) announced she is leading a coalition of 16 states that have filed an amicus brief supporting the National Rifle Association’s (NRA)…
by - November 18, 2020 4:43 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Wednesday (Nov. 18) a $113 million settlement with Apple Inc. regarding Apple’s 2016 decision to throttle, or slow down, consumers’ iPhone speeds in order to…
by - August 26, 2020 7:53 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced an $84 million multi-state settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. on Wednesday (Aug. 26) that will bring…
by - July 1, 2020 5:19 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, the first Republican and the first female elected to the office, says she will run for governor in 2022. “Today, I am announcing my candidacy…
by - June 18, 2020 12:11 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the allocation of $2.1 million from the Consumer Education and Enforcement Fund to the Department of Public Safety for the Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations…
by - May 19, 2020 2:06 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday (May 19) a settlement with Santander Consumer USA Inc.that includes approximately $550 million in relief for consumers with more relief in additional deficiency…
by - November 10, 2019 3:36 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge launched a new podcast called “Justice with Rutledge.” Her first guest was Gov. Asa Hutchinson and centers on his efforts to prosecute an anti-government, white…
by - October 17, 2019 1:43 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Oct. 17) a multi-state settlement requiring Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. to pay nearly $117 million for their deceptive marketing…
by - June 16, 2019 10:34 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge reached a settlement with Student CU Connect LLC (CUSO) for former ITT Tech students resolving a multi-state investigation which alleged that ITT and CUSO used…
by - April 24, 2019 7:45 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced that the state has received its 2019 share of proceeds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with tobacco companies. This year, Arkansas will…
by - March 3, 2019 12:25 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, R-Ark., wants to end two big distractions for Arkansas voters: unwanted robocalls and last-minute court rulings related to ballot initiatives. Rutledge, who appeared on Talk Business…
