Arkansas bill weakens child labor protections amid growing trend of states loosening laws

Law weakens state's oversight of child labor and represents latest attempt in mostly Republican-led states to ease regulations

The governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, on Tuesday signed a bill that significantly rolls back protections against child labor, eliminating state requirements to verify that children are at least 16 before they receive a job.

A spokesperson for Sanders, who before becoming governor was White House press secretary under Donald Trump, told the Washington Post state law had been burdensome and obsolete".