Two trade groups (aka lobbies) for the budding medical marijuana business in Arkansas have announced they’ve joined forces to build their strength.
Nate Steel
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Who knew? George Soros has targeted Arkansas!
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge regularly bends the truth to suit her narrative of the day, but she gets extra credit for dragging George Soros into her re-election campaign.
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Casino amendment starts (misleading) advertising
Driving Arkansas Forward launched its first campaign advertisement today, encouraging Arkansas voters to make sure they can cast their ballots Nov. 6 for a measure that will spur economic growth and create jobs.
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Attorney general rejects casino amendment wording
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling in Arkansas.
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Group seeks to overturn Supreme Court sovereign immunity ruling with amendment
An ad hoc group has announced plans to attempt to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would restore the right of the legislature to waive the Constitution’s sovereign immunity provision that the Arkansas Supreme Court has said bans lawsuits against the state.
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Jeremy Hutchinson joins Democratic legislators in law firm
In today’s hyperpartisan times, it’s of note when a Republican state legislator joins a law firm whose partners include two Democratic legislators.
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Pictures of happy Republicans, sad Democrats
Selfies with Tom Cotton, empty parties, mom hugs and more.
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A new ethics drive might mitigate the rise in independent spending in elections
Independent expenditures in political races are on the rise and that doesn’t even count other ‘dark money’ spending that falls outside state disclosure rules. Ethics reform is needed in Arkansas and there’s news here of what’s afoot for 2016.
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Election decisions
The Democratic Party candidates for top offices in Arkansas are centrists, with records of bipartisanship in public life. In each race, Republican opponents are from the extreme right end of the spectrum.
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Arkansas Ethics Commission to probe Leslie Rutledge’s ad coordination. It’s big.
Blue Hog Report’s Matt Campbell reports that the Arkansas Ethics Commission has notified him he’s provided sufficient grounds for it to investigate Republican attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge’s participation in TV ads promoting her candidacy by a dark money group.
This is a BIG deal. Possibly a watershed case.