A supermarket in Wilton Manors sold a Florida Lottery ticket worth $5 million.

HOUSTON (AP) — Actress Sally Field says that as a mother of a gay son, she hopes Houston voters will pass a nondiscrimination ordinance on Tuesday.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson directed state officials to allow for same-sex parents to receive birth certificates with both of their names listed.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling striking down Arkansas' gay marriage ban, finding that the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage didn't render the state case moot.

Gov. Mike Beebe has named a retired judge from Harrison to fill in as a special justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court in the lawsuit challenging the state's gay marriage ban.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas attorney general's office is asking a federal judge who struck down the state's gay marriage ban to not allow same-sex couples resume marrying.

It's unclear whether courts would require a justice of the peace to officiate over a same-sex wedding, even though clerks are required to issue licenses to gay couples, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Wednesday.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas officials asked a federal judge Wednesday to keep the state's marriage ban in place, arguing the prohibition is constitutional and serves a legitimate purpose.

(CNN) -- Arkansas became the latest state to have its ban on same-sex marriage overturned, after a state judge Friday declared the voter-approved measure to be unconstitutional.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas lawmaker on Monday proposed barring local governments from making it illegal to fire someone or evict them based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, a move that gay rights supporters said would set a dangerous precedent.

The court clerk for at least one Arkansas county says she will not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples when the court opens Monday.

Gay couples flocked to courthouses Monday to receive their long-sought-after marriage licenses. Their happiness was short lived though.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas attorney general's office says it doesn't object to the state's highest court moving quickly on a lawsuit challenging a gay marriage ban.

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas' highest court and a federal judge will hear arguments this week over the state's ban on same-sex marriage, a decade after voters approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

In a matter of one week, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed two bills that remove rights for LGBT people — making it easier to discriminate against them in sports and health care. 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he still believes marriage is between a man and a woman, saying his position hasn't changed after Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced his support for gay marriage.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas judge has struck down part of the state's law on birth certificates, a move that an attorney says clears the way for married same-sex couples to both be listed as parents.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — An Arkansas judge is taking another week before issuing a ruling in a lawsuit challenging the state's gay marriage ban.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Pulaski County judge said Monday that three same-sex couples who sued the state for refusing to name both spouses on the birth certificates of their children can get the documents amended to list both names.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Pulaski County judge says lawyers who challenged Arkansas' gay marriage ban must wait until the state Supreme Court decides the case before they can ask that the government pay their fees.

Following passage through the state House and Senate, Gov. Asa Hutchinson has vetoed a bill that bans transition-related health care for trans youths on Monday. On Tuesday the legislature overrode his veto. 

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas officials asked a federal judge and the state Supreme Court Wednesday to suspend lawsuits challenging the state's gay marriage ban while a similar case is pending before the nation's highest court.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A proposal to prevent state and local governments from infringing on a person's religious beliefs failed before an Arkansas legislative panel Wednesday after facing mounting criticism that it was an attempt to justify discriminating against gays and lesbians.

A federal appeals court says it has received payment from the Arkansas attorney general's office one day after it threatened to dismiss the state's attempt to restore a gay marriage ban because of an outstanding $505 docketing fee.

Arkansas' attorney general says he will appeal a federal judge's ruling that found voters were wrong to ban gay marriage during a referendum 10 years ago.

Arkansas and Mississippi became the latest two states Tuesday to have their gay marriage bans overturned by federal judges, but there are no rushes to the altar as both orders are on hold so the states can considers appeals.

Singer, musician, hotelier, and B-52’s member Kate Pierson got married over the weekend to her longtime partner Monica Coleman in Hawaii.

Bonnet House Museum & Gardens will be in full bloom this weekend as the historic landmark hosts its 9^th Annual Orchid, Garden and Gourmet Food Festival.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Outgoing Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he remains opposed to allowing gay couples to marry despite recent rulings against his state's ban, but says he's eased his opposition to allowing them to enter into civil unions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is throwing his unequivocal support behind letting transgender people serve openly in the U.S. military, as the Obama administration considers whether and when to lift the longstanding ban.