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.
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Commission recommends space for Arkansas Capitol’s upcoming ‘monument to the unborn’
Lakey Goff, the artist behind the idea of a “living wall” of flora for the monument, proposed placing the monument in the grassy space behind the Capitol and to the north of the Supreme Court building.
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SESSION SNAPSHOT: Arkansas lawmakers propose amendments as passage of fiscal 2025 budget near
Arkansas’ 2024 fiscal session, which was initially projected to end this week, is now expected to end May 2 or possibly the following week.
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Conway School Board candidates file finance reports; Milburn leads in donations
Conway School Board candidate Bill Milburn leads all other candidates in fundraising. He’s running against incumbent Trey Geier. Two other candidates are vying for another board seat.
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Creepy House Speaker Mike Johnson to headline Jason Rapert’s Bible museum shindig
I’d pay $200 to not go.
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Joyce Elliott, Mary Bentley, Skip Rutherford and others to debate at health panel tomorrow
Vaccine boosters, the Freedom of Information Act and maternal mortality are up for lively debate at tomorrow’s health and wellness expo, featuring Skip Rutherford, Joyce Elliott and state legislators.
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The bills that died this legislative session but still haunt us
Even if extreme bills don’t pass, there are still consequences of weaving them into the lawmaking process in the first place. Bad bills negatively affect Arkansans, whether they pass or not.
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Rapert’s association hosting a tent revival at Liberty University
In a release announcing the event, Rapert contends, “The NACL is one of the strongest forces for good in the United States since the American Revolution.”
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Making Arkansas worse again
A pliable legislature stomped on the poor, indulged the rich and threw teachers, librarians, children and trans people under the bus, all because the MAGA governor told them to.
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Library under attack: Saline County Quorum Court approves strict policies, residents threaten defunding
There was a huge turnout to the Saline County Quorum Court Monday evening, where members took up a highly debatable topic: limited access to books in libraries. It got tense, but this story ends with an approval for select children’s books to be relocated.