For now, the Republican House redistricting stands. But judge gives a glimmer of hope to plaintiffs.
Board of Apportionment
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Hearing ends in Arkansas gerrymander case, now we wait
Judge Lee Rudofsky said he will let us know by next week if a new state legislative map that dilutes Black voting power will stand or be replaced.
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Things get messy during last day of witness testimony for Arkansas gerrymandering hearing
On the last day of witness testimony in a hearing about new state legislative lines, Republicans hired to do the mapping talk about what their priorities were. Amplifying the Black vote didn’t really come up.
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Arkansas’s new House maps shut Black voters out, experts testify in redistricting hearing
The NAACP and the Public Policy Panel are fighting in federal court to kill new legislative maps that would almost certainly keep Black Arkansans underrepresented at the Capitol.
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Arkansas Board of Apportionment schedules public hearings
Hearings are set on legislative redistricting. Democrats are invited. (To be ignored.)
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The Rutledge Report, Part 1: Where there’s a dole there’s a Doyle. And a friend on a high court.
More attention to Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s profligate spending of public money on partisan featherbedding.
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Those legislative district maps
Gov. Mike Beebe has released his legislative redistricting maps. Here’s the House.
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Board of Apportionment hearing tonight
The staff of the Board of Apportionment will hold another hearing on legislative redistricting from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Fine Arts Center of the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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Legislative redistricting begins
The Board of Apportionment is meeting this morning. Gov. Mike Beebe and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel voted to hire Joe Woodson as staff coordinator.
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Democrats press Mark Martin on car purchase
Well, sure. The Democratic Party has more to say about Secretary of State Mark Martin’s early spending missteps.