Sec. of State John Thurston rejected the Arkansas Abortion Amendment based on a paperwork error, but women’s health advocates are not going away without a fight.
Arkansas Public Policy Panel
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Education amendment group For AR Kids racks up another rejection from the AG
This was the third try from a group attempting to require private schools accepting public funding in the form of vouchers to meet the same academic standards public schools must meet, among other changes.
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The effort to roll back state government transparency is an attack on your rights
Your right to know what your government is doing is under attack. State lawmakers must protect the FOIA and vote against bills that create more state secrets.
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Group forms to defeat measure that would weaken Arkansans’ votes
A new push is underway to convince Arkansas voters not to hand over their power.
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Policy Panel blasts judge’s ruling in redistricting case
Plaintiff joins chorus of criticism of judge’s redistricting ruling.
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Hearing ends in Arkansas gerrymander case, now we wait
Judge Lee Rudofsky said he will let us know by next week if a new state legislative map that dilutes Black voting power will stand or be replaced.
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Things get messy during last day of witness testimony for Arkansas gerrymandering hearing
On the last day of witness testimony in a hearing about new state legislative lines, Republicans hired to do the mapping talk about what their priorities were. Amplifying the Black vote didn’t really come up.
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Plaintiffs say Judge Rudofsky should get off case challenging redistricting of Arkansas House because of his ties to defendants
ACLU says Judge Rudofsky should get off a case because he was a political backer of two defendants and former employee of one of them.
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Federal lawsuit challenges state House of Representatives redistricting as racially discriminatory
Suit says the state could have drawn a map with 16 majority Black House districts but came up with only 11.
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New analysis: A detailed takedown of proposed legislative redistricting as partisan and racially discriminatory
It’s the most detailed examination yet of the Republican-proposed redistricting and the criticism is sweeping.