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Trolls try to sabotage effort to restore abortion access in Arkansas
Someone tried to trick supporters of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment out of collecting signatures Thursday.
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Hooray for Gov. Sanders! Pilot program would lock away phones in schools
Let’s all unite in the push to scrub cellphones from classrooms.
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Abortion Amendment push in Arkansas gets national attention
The New York Times looks southward with a story about the mad sprint to collect the signatures needed to put the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot.
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600+ medical providers urge support for the AR Abortion Amendment
“We didn’t sign up to have our professional expertise discounted by a government that denies our ability to relieve that suffering.”
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling against homelessness puts advocates on edge
A Supreme Court ruling that upholds a law against sleeping outdoors has implications for homeless people across the country.
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Laugh so you don’t cry: The best tweets from tonight’s debate
At least the internet was funny about it. Here are the best tweets we found to distract from an impending sense of doom.
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Bodycam footage of attorney’s arrest at bar association convention supports her version of events
There’s a lot going on in this bodycam footage of attorney Jen Standerfer getting arrested at the Arkansas Bar Association convention for carrying around a few clipboards of FOIA petitions.
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Arkansas Bar Association pushed to stop canvassing at convention where lawyer was arrested, records show
Who complained about attorney Jen Standerfer’s FOIA petitions at last week’s AR Bar Association convention? Accounts vary. What we know for sure is that Standerfer got handcuffed and escorted out for having the petitions on site.