Lawmakers should answer for huge spending boost on vouchers, no real boost for public schools - Arkansas Times New spending on private school vouchers represents the majority of Arkansas's proposed budget increase. What about the 94% of students who attend public schools?

Wanna see what vouchers do to the education system? Take a look at what Arkansas public schools are dealing with. Free article, no pay wall but please support the Arkansas Times. #arpx

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Monticello is on the list of closures. #arpx

Arkansas Senate leader vows never to cap LEARNS Act student accounts, says state values all kids’ education equally | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, won't ever agree to capping the state's Educational Freedom Account program that helps parents pay for their children's education to attend…

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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Shirin Saeidi vows appeal after being fired by University of Arkansas over social media posts on Israel, Iran | Arkansas Democrat Gazette University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria has dismissed Shirin Saeidi, a tenured associate professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, despite a UA faculty committee's unanimo...

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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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Arkansas must remove a Ten Commandments monument from state Capitol grounds, but put her order on hold so officials can appeal the decision.

The judge blocked the law requiring the privately-funded monument’s installation, ruling it unconstitutional. #arpx #arleg

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c...

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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If you want election integrity and respect for VOTERS, support @kellygrappe.bsky.social for AR Secretary of State! #arpx @arkdems.org

#arpx. Follow-up - the Board of Corrections, newly loaded with green appointees, voted today to cede their authority over to their lord and master, the honorable Sarah Huckabee Sanders

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Not to mention one of Sanders' little taxidermied pocket pets. What a meatpuppet. #arpx

Yeah #arkansas this is great news!

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Federal appeals court upholds block on law requiring live signature for voter registration | Arkansas Democrat Gazette An injunction blocking a rule requiring live, ink signatures on voter registration forms may stay in place, a federal appeals court said Tuesday, saying there's no evidence that a "wet signature" is m...

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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Google’s $1B Port of Little Rock data center buildings to cover 1.43 million square feet | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Google's $1 billion data center project at the Port of Little Rock will consist of five industrial buildings totaling 1.43 million square feet, two office buildings and an electrical substation, accor...

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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University of Arkansas to fire professor dismissed over criticism of Israel - Arkansas Times UA System President Jay Silveria is moving forward with terminating Shirin Saeidi, former director of UA Fayetteville’s Middle East studies center, ignoring the unanimous recommendation of a faculty…

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 seizes on drunk driving fatalities to push anti-immigrant propaganda - Arkansas Times The Arkansas governor leans in on nakedly racist and easily debunked propaganda that couches undocumented immigrants as uniquely dangerous criminals from whom natural-born citizens are never safe.

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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Corrections Board caves to attorney general and governor in ongoing litigation - Arkansas Times Flush with new Sanders appointees, the board voted Monday to accept two settlement offers that the two dissenting board members said will turn the board into an advisory panel instead of an…

Arkansas Board of Corrections agrees to humiliating capitulation to Gov. Sanders' power grab at agency; her new appointees push through settlement with AG Tim Griffin dropping opposition to her unconstitutional usurpation of their authority, admitting FOIA violations.
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Arkansas secretary of state’s primary runoff dividing Republicans, drawing outside money | Arkansas Advocate The Republican primary runoff for secretary of state is sharply dividing GOP figures in Arkansas and drawing spending from outside groups on both sides.

(2/2) The only statewide race on today's ballot is the Republican primary for secretary of state.

Under a new GOP rule, Arkansans registered as Democrats are barred from voting in the Republican primary.

Learn more about the candidates below. #arpx #arleg

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Voters in 6 Arkansas legislative districts choosing party nominees in runoffs | Arkansas Advocate The top two candidates in several crowded primaries will face each other in the March 31 runoffs, and early voting starts Tuesday.

(1/2) Another Tuesday, another election. Today's primary runoff elections include races for six seats in the Arkansas Legislature.

Check out this @arkansasadvocate.com story to see if there's a race in your district. #arpx #arleg

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Filling in for @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social on the corrections beat:

The corrections board voted Monday to accept settlement offers requiring the panel to say laws taking away its ability to hire/fire top prison officials are constitutional & state that board members violated open-records laws. #arpx

#AI already has minds of their own, y'all. That's super duper bad for everything and everyone that is alive.
No exaggeration.
#WTF

#DataCenters will kill us in more than one way.

#WeThePeople want #good
#jobs NOT oligarchical, big #tech #fascist #BS.
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LIVE: Tax the Rich Rally in the Bronx YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

#TAXTHERICH OR EAT THEM!!
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#Sunday #classwar #Taxes #IRS

#Billionaires = #grifters
#WETHEPEOPLE deserve better than greedy bastards!

#Solidarity of the #poors!
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#immigration #djt #NoKings3
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Stripping legal status
F that.

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There were protests in Harrison, Clinton, Heber Springs, Hot Springs, Mt. View & so many other small towns in Arkansas. 19 protests for #NoKings across the states in the most rural & red places we have. We had 750 show up in Hot Springs! Thousands in LR/NLR! #arpx @maddow.bsky.social

#NoKingsHotSprings #Arkansas #arpx #NoKings no dictators either!

The Little Rock protest drew several thousand protesters today. The crowd on the North Little Rock side of the Arkansas River is slowly winding down, though several hundred are still around. Photos are from the beginning of the march. #NoKings #arpx

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Some photos from Little Rock’s No Kings protest. After crossing the Broadway Street bridge, canvassers gathered signatures for direct democracy and educational rights ballot initiatives. #NoKings #arpx

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