Credit: Mandy Keener

On this week’s podcast: A settlement with Exxon, 11 years after the Mayflower oil spill. The Supreme Court revives an Arkansas gerrymandering case, but it faces long odds. Solution Tree throws in the towel on its new state contract. And, fact and fiction on the state’s abortion numbers.

Stories in this week’s edition:

Education vendor Solution Tree abandons ship on hefty state contract
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/education-vendor-solution-tree-abandons-ship-on-hefty-state-contract

Government sues ExxonMobil 11 years after Mayflower oil spill
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/05/31/government-sues-exxonmobil-11-years-after-mayflower-oil-spill

UPDATE: Proposed $1.8 million settlement filed over Exxon’s 2013 Mayflower oil spill
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/proposed-1-8-million-settlement-filed-over-exxons-2013-mayflower-oil-spill

Voter registration groups sue over Arkansas’s abrupt rejection of e-signatures on forms
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/06/voter-registration-groups-sue-over-arkansass-abrupt-rejection-of-e-signatures-on-forms

Big if true: Pro-lifers claim no abortions in Arkansas in 2023
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/04/big-if-true-pro-lifers-claim-no-abortions-in-arkansas-in-2023

One mother’s suffering under the Arkansas abortion ban
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/05/one-mothers-suffering-under-the-arkansas-abortion-ban

U.S. Supreme Court revives Arkansas gerrymandering case, but plaintiffs face long odds
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/06/03/u-s-supreme-court-revives-arkansas-gerrymandering-case-but-plaintiffs-face-long-odds

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Benjamin Hardy is managing editor at the Arkansas Times.