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Power companies would be able to raise your electric b...

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Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/22/anti-woke-activism-meets-technocratic-tinkering-breaking-down-sanders-higher-ed-bill

Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/21/get-off-the-capitol-lawn-govs-bill-aims-to-limit-stude...

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UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/10/uams-bracing-for-trump-administration-cuts-to-medical-research-funding

Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/rick-crawford-sponsors-bill-to-keep-usaid-cash-flowing-...

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‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk

Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/governors-maternal-health-plan-would-make-it-easier-to-get-medicaid-but-not-to-keep-it

U.S. reading and...

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Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/29/phones-would-be-banned-bell-to-bell-in-arkansas-public-schools-under-new-bill

Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/28/sanders-will-seek-new-medicaid-work-requirement-for-220k-poor-arkansans

Senate p...

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State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court
 https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court

Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24/arkansas-immigrants-brace-for-tr...

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Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump

UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding
https://arktimes.com/arka...

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Baker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/08/baker-claps-back-at-other-supreme-court-justices-declares-recent-orders-null-and-void

State Supreme Court majority voids chief justice’s appointments to judicial discipline panel
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/07/state-supreme-court-majority-...

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Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/despite-opposition-from-local-right-wing-group-fort-smith-city-board-approves-epa-grant

Governor’s consultants pitch bad ideas for a FOIA overhaul
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/governors-consultants-pitch-bad-ideas-for-a-foia-overhaul

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220K Arkansans will lose insurance if Republicans cut federal Medicaid expansion funds
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/12/220k-arkansans-will-lose-insurance-if-republicans-cut-federal-medicaid-expansion-funds

Emails show officials hid purchase of land in Franklin County for prison, mocked residents by sharing South Park video clips (UPDATED)
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-b...

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Can you really use an Arkansas school voucher for horseback riding lessons? Yes.
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/27/can-you-really-use-an-arkansas-school-voucher-for-horseback-riding-lessons-yes

Donald Trump taps Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/12/donald-trump-taps-mike-huckabee-as-ambassador-to-israel

Picking Mike Huckabee fo...

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Prefiled bills have Republicans pushing discrimination, tooth decay and maternal health
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/20/pre-filed-bills-have-republicans-pushing-discrimination-tooth-decay-and-maternal-health

Arkansas House Dems unveil 2025 agenda, but can any of it pass?https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/19/arkansas-house-dems-unveil-2025-agenda-but-can-any-of-it-pass

Raw milk, raffles and retr...

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Franklin County residents question prison location during contentious town hall
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/08/franklin-county-residents-question-prison-location-during-contentious-town-hall

Failing up: 10 months after his firing, former prisons chief Profiri still has a $184K job in the governor’s office
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/15/failing-up-10-months-after-his-firing-former-p...

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Little Rock voters say no to new sales tax, yes to incumbent city directors
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/little-rock-voters-say-no-to-new-sales-tax-yes-to-incumbent-city-directors

Pope County casino dead after Issue 2 passes, despite local voter support for casino
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/06/pope-county-casino-dead-after-issue-2-passes-despite-local-voter-support-for-casino

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Vote yes: Little Rock’s 1-cent sales tax plan is the city’s chance to think big
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/29/vote-yes-little-rocks-1-cent-sales-tax-plan-is-the-citys-chance-to-think-big

Will it make a difference? Analyzing Little Rock’s proposed 1-cent sales tax increase
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/21/will-it-make-a-difference-analyzing-little-rocks-proposed-1-cent-sales-tax-incr...

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UPDATE: Franklin County selected as home of new 3,000-bed state prison
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/franklin-county-selected-as-home-of-new-3k-bed-state-prison

New data on Ark. vouchers: More than 80% of new enrollees did not attend public school last year
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/31/new-data-on-ark-vouchers-more-than-80-of-new-enrollees-did-not-attend-public-school-last-year

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Utility regulators say AG failed to meet deadlines in case to raise gas rates
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/23/utility-regulators-say-ag-failed-to-meet-deadlines-in-case-to-raise-gas-rates

Advocates of the ‘raw milk revolution’ push legislation allowing retail sales at markets
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/18/advocates-of-the-raw-milk-revolution-push-legisla...

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State Supreme Court requires 2 early voting sites in West Memphis, rejecting Republicans’ arguments
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/state-supreme-court-requires-2-early-voting-sites-in-west-memphis-rejecting-republicans-arguments

Supreme Court clears path for Arkansans to vote on anti-casino amendment
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/17/supreme-court-clears-path-for-arkansans-to-vote-on-...

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Judge sentences two former officers videotaped in infamous Mulberry beating
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/10/judge-sentences-two-former-officers-videotaped-in-infamous-mulberry-beating

Overwhelmed voucher systems in West Virginia, Arkansas leave thousands of homeschoolers hanging
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/10/09/overwhelmed-voucher-systems-in-west-virginia-a...