Rutledge named to executive committee for GOP AG group

     (AP) – Arkansas' attorney general is joining the executive
committee of the Republican Attorneys General Association.
     The group said Monday that Leslie Rutledge and Missouri AG-elect Josh Hawley
will join the panel. Alabama's attorney general, Luther Strange, was named as
chairman for 2017. West Virginia's attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, will
serve as the group's chairman in 2018.
     There are 29 Republican attorneys general nationwide. The group selected its
leaders at a meeting in Austin, Texas.