Circuit Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch was ordered to take a six-week online ethics course and three additional hours of continuing legal education.
Matt Campbell
Your friendly neighborhood word-slinger
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Little Rock police say governor told them to block canvassers from public property
“I’m telling you that Governor Sanders and the Martin Luther King Commission, they don’t want nobody out here with petitions,” an officer told a volunteer.
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Travelers put up 49 runs and four wins in six games against Hooks
Arkansas could have taken all six games if not for a shaky bullpen.
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Northeast Arkansas Circuit Judge-elect arrested on aggravated assault, domestic battery charges
Jonesboro police report Brimhall choked his 16-year-old daughter. Brimhall says he was trying to give her a “noogie.”
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Supreme Court cancels disciplinary hearing for circuit judge, but questions about guns in courthouses remain
Removing Judge Welch because they didn’t like his tone smacks of ego. Preventing lawyers from carrying guns in the Justice Building drips with hypocrisy.
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Big Naturals’ arms leave Travelers with series split, while ownership questions remain
The Travelers dropped three of six as questions linger about the recent sale of the team.
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Pulaski County sheriff says jail experiment in Netflix series will be expanded to second unit
Higgins also discussed the success of his experimental jail program and had a few things to say about the Pulaski County Quorum Court.
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CNN commentator and former Huckabee advisor Alice Stewart has died
The 58-year-old Georgia native was an Emmy-winning journalist, communications director for five presidential campaigns, and a Harvard Fellow.
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$15K in donations to Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb come from industry her husband regulates
Not taking money from the industry your husband regulates is only admirable if you don’t change your mind as soon as no one is looking.
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Legislative hearing on Pulaski County jail’s Netflix series dominated by grandstanding, dog whistles
After more than two hours of witnesses on “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment,” legislators didn’t learn much of anything they couldn’t have discovered from reading existing reporting on the story.