Hoots, hollers and high fives at the Arkansas Capitol Friday as abortion rights volunteers delivered the signatures needed to get on the November ballot.
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Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment falls short on signatures this time
A campaign to hold private schools that accept public dollars accountable and provide pre-K and other services to all kids garnered lots of enthusiasm, but not enough signatures.
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IT’S ON! Enough signatures collected to put abortion rights on Arkansas ballot
100,000 and counting. That’s how many Arkansans signed on to push back against our state’s near-total abortion ban.
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Measure to revoke Pope County casino license, require local casino votes meets signature threshold
This effort by Local Voters in Charge is the latest in the long-running saga over efforts to build a casino in Pope County.
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Child injured in accidental shooting
A child is in the hospital after an unintentional shooting.
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Trolls try to sabotage effort to restore abortion access in Arkansas
Someone tried to trick supporters of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment out of collecting signatures Thursday.
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Hooray for Gov. Sanders! Pilot program would lock away phones in schools
Let’s all unite in the push to scrub cellphones from classrooms.
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Abortion Amendment push in Arkansas gets national attention
The New York Times looks southward with a story about the mad sprint to collect the signatures needed to put the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot.
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600+ medical providers urge support for the AR Abortion Amendment
“We didn’t sign up to have our professional expertise discounted by a government that denies our ability to relieve that suffering.”