Notices are going out to tell ARHOME recipients they're being dumped back to just Medicaid. #arnews
Arkansas Dept. of Ed passes new rules for Gov. Sanders' vouchers scam. Will allow money to be used to pay sports fees for homeschool students; reduces but doesn't eliminate absurd provision allowing voucher money to be rolled over from year to year.
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Eureka Springs bureau reports Walmart's legal department shed workers, one there 15 years. #arnews #arpx
'AM I GOING TO DIE?': 2 more women join lawsuit challenging Arkansas' near-total abortion ban over confusing & unworkable life-of-the-mother exception, including woman who nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy.
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OK federal judge rejects Big Poultry's settlement of lawsuit over pollution from poultry farms in Illinois River watershed in NW Arkansas; says agreements don't do enough to clean up phosphorus polluting waterways.
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The proper response here should have been "see you in court," not "how do we display the posters?" Pretty weak tea, from a bunch of law professors.
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25-point swing to DEMS last night in special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat in Ga., largest since Trump's election; every county shifted DEM. For comparison, Arkansas US Rep. French Hill's seat is R+8, Steve Womack's is R+13.
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CANARY IN THE COAL MINE? Arkansas-based used car dealer - an industry sensitive to deteriorating economic conditions - is closing 42 of its 136 lots because it doesn't have enough financing to underwrite loans for customers with credit issues.
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If a Democratic president had negotiated the same "deal" with Iran that Donald Trump has, Tom Cotton would be filing articles of impeachment. So, what say you, senator?
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Google's ginormous data center at Little Rock's port will consumer more energy than the entire rest of the city, for just 50 jobs. And Arkansas legislators made it easier to pass costs of expanding capacity to Entergy customers statewide.
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The sudden revelation that Pulaski Co.'s budget has melted down - after $52M in overspending - is a prime example of what can happen when we no longer have robust local news coverage keeping a watchful eye on local government.
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Wendell Griffen, who defeated Pulaski Co. Judge Barry Hyde in March primary, offers scathing criticism of budget fiasco at emergency meeting, as Hyde leaves the room: "Spending more money than you have planned is not an emergency, that’s a management problem."
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Pulaski Co. judge, treasurer bicker, point fingers at each other over budget woes that forced county to dip into reserve funds to meet payroll. Judge Barry Hyde announces hiring freeze, pause on projects.
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Well, this seems ... not good, in the nation's top rice-producing state ...
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FISCAL FIASCO: Pulaski Co. treasurer warns judge that county can't meet payroll next week unless it taps into reserve funds; county general fund $9.3M in red; budget overspent by $52M in last 3 years; emergency meeting Mon. night.
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F ConwayCorp VOLUNTARY WATER CURTAILMENT Conway Corp is asking customers to voluntarily curtail water usage due to ongoing dry conditions following an unusually dry winter and spring. The lack of rainfall has led to declining water levels at Brewer Lake, the community's primary water source. With water supply not being replenished at typical seasonal levels, Conway Corp is encouraging all residential and commercial customers to reduce non-essential water use to help preserve available resources.
Avoid washing vehicles Refrain from watering lawns Limit outdoor water use Fix leaks & dripping faucets Run dishwasher & washing machines only with full loads
Water situation in Conway getting real.
But, by all means, build those data centers.
What could go wrong?
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Federal judge putting the kibosh on Arkansas' 10 Commandments monument -- welcome development that's long overdue. Jason Rapert fulminating about it for 8 minutes & 43 seconds like he's an expert on constitutional law -- priceless!
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Cole Jester & Tim Griffin's gratuitous hunt for mythical noncitizen voters in Arkansas turns up 2 out of 1.8 million: "An investigator is statistically more likely to be struck by lightning in their lifetime than to uncover a verified case of illegal noncitizen voting."
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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT! Arkansas Senate Republican leader Bart Hester says he won't support any limits on Gov. Sanders voucher subsidies for private and homeschool students, which are already sucking down more than $300M a year in taxpayer money.
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The US 2025 whole year homicide rate is at a century low of 4 per 100k. My hometown of Pine Bluff #Arkansas had a double homicide last night. Our
YTD homicide rate is 19.36. It’s April 3rd. If this rate persists, our 2026 homicide rate will be almost 20 times the national average. #arnews
We could have a JP race decided by a coin toss. #arnews
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SEE YOU IN COURT: Tenured U of Arkansas professor fired for social media posts despite recommendation of faculty committee vows to fight termination: "I also hope that academic freedom and freedom of speech will be restored at the university."
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Yet another reason why we the people of Arkansas need to raise holy hell about our leaders' efforts use tax subsidies to turn our state into a mecca for data centers ...
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In a victory for democracy, federal appeals court refuses to revive Arkansas' ban on allowing electronic signatures on voter registrations, which hampered efforts to register new voters in state with woeful level of voter participation.
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1st details emerge about Google's gargantuan new data center at Little Rock port: 7 buildings covering 1.43M square feet of space; nearly 17 acres of wetlands will be destroyed.
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U of Arkansas president decides to fire professor who led Middle East studies center over her social media posts, disregarding unanimous decision by faculty committee. Admits he made decision because of threats by right-wing politicians to strip funding.
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Gov. Sanders uses tragic death of couple in drunk-driving accident to launch anti-immigrant screed, blame Democrats' resistance to funding ICE.
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Her failures as a human being far outstrip her fashion foibles, but as long as we’re talking about it… you’d think a horse-bit loafer would fit a hoof but apparently not. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews