Griffin said he would challenge Judge Moody’s ruling that Arkansas lacked standing to challenge the ATF’s new rule on private party sales.
Benjamin Hardy
Benjamin Hardy is managing editor at the Arkansas Times.
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House Republicans grill ATF director over Bryan Malinowski killing
After the office of Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones finishes its investigation, the ATF director said, the agency will “conduct a use of force review like we do with every matter.”
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Attorney general threatens groups advertising abortion pills in Arkansas
Griffin focuses not on the shipping itself but the marketing of the pills, which he says potentially violate the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
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LRSD outlines $15 million in budget cuts, employee non-renewals
The numbers are still subject to change, but administrators presented a slide showing as many as 344 employees haven’t received a contract for the upcoming year.
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Jim Walton gives $500K to defend Arkansas school vouchers from ballot measure
Arkansans for Students and Educators, a ballot question committee with connections to Gov. Sanders, was formed in April to oppose the Educational Rights Amendment. It’s attracted some big donors.
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Expect another special session and yet more tax cuts soon, legislative leaders say
Legislators could put the hundreds of millions of dollars in “surplus” on deck this year into dozens of worthy things, from maternity leave to child care. But when setting spending priorities, they act as if Arkansas is strapped for cash.
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Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘indoctrination’
Though Judge Lee Rudofsky’s ruling was narrow, he said it “should give comfort to teachers across the state” that they won’t be broadly punished for the content of their lessons — even “critical race theory.”
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Judge dismisses Arkansas Times reporter’s FOIA lawsuit against governor on procedural grounds
Matt Campbell said he plans to refile the lawsuit, which challenged the governor’s use of the FOIA’s “working papers” exemption to refuse the release of certain records.
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Arkansas and five more states sue over federal rule change protecting LGBTQ students
The lawsuit filed today by Tim Griffin and Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is at least the fourth lawsuit filed by red-leaning states opposed to the rule.
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Sanders says state won’t comply with Title IX changes, swipes again at trans students
Judging from Sanders and Gaines speeches, you’d think the new Title IX rules require universities to let transgender girls to play in womens’ sports leagues. They do no such thing.