With the long weekend, I actually had the time (and the intestinal fortitude) to read the Democrat-Gazette for four straight days. You know the drill by now, and, if you don't, see here for the backstory. From Friday, we get the semi-coherent musin...
"I thought you had the day off yesterday."
"I did! I went in to pick up my check, came home, my supervisor called me about four o'clock. Told me he got me on tape, doing a link dump."
King of all Arkansas media, Roby Brock, writes about lawmak...
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Bill Name: AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sponsors: Eddie Cheatham (D-9), 870-364-5659, eddie.cheatham@arkansashouse.org
Pu...
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its estimates on the costs that would accompany a full repeal of healthcare reform. The New York Times reports that
he nonpartisan budget scorekeepers in Congress said on Thursday that the Republi...
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Bill Name: AN ACT TO AMEND § 5-13-211 TO INCLUDE ALL CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
Sponsors:Jon Woods (R-93), 479-200-3100, woodsforarkansas@gmail.com; Justin Harris (R-87), 479-871-8542, Justin....
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Bill Name: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DRUG COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Sponsor: Andrea Lea (R-68), 479-967-4922, andrea.lea@arkansashouse.org.
Purpose: To amend Ar...
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Bill Name: AN ACT TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; TO RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF CREDITED SERVICE EARNED BY A LOCAL ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL FIRST ELECTED TO OFFICE ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2011, TO ONE (1) YEAR OF RETIRE...
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Bill Name: AN ACT TO DEFINE "TERMINATE" AS THAT TERM APPLIES TO ELIGIBILITY FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Sponsor: Allen Kerr (R-32), 501-225-3170, allen.kerr@a...
Content partner Jason Tolbert has done a great job of following the Fred Smith story via various news outlets. First, there was the story by Michael Wickline regarding a theft lawsuit filed against against Smith by the Chicot County (AR) prosecutor....
The Economist has an interesting piece about the abortion-adoption-contraceptive debate.
FAMILY planning and birth control is one of many areas where America has gotten itself wrapped up in a decades-long hysterical moralistic argument over ...