A lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s school voucher program is still standing, despite the Sanders administration’s attempt to get it thrown out of court.
Chip Welch
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State asks judge to dismiss lawsuit challenging LEARNS voucher program
“The Constitution does not prohibit private schools from receiving state funds,” the attorney general argued.
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Lawsuit challenges LEARNS voucher program as unconstitutional
The lawsuit says the genesis of the LEARNS voucher program lies in efforts to resist federal desegregation orders in the wake of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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Arkansas Supreme Court goes loco after judge refers to its gun ruling as ‘LOCO’
The ever-political Arkansas Supreme Court is gunning for a circuit judge who suggested allowing firearms in courthouses teeming with high emotions and criminal trials is crazy.
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Judge asks the guns-in-courthouses questions the Arkansas Supreme Court chose to ignore
Judge Welch will allow “lawyer officers” to carry guns per a recent state Supreme Court ruling, but only in the Pulaski County Courthouse’s common areas on the first floor.
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Three Pulaski County circuit judges are running for lower-court positions
Question: Who would ever ask voters to demote them to a lower office? Answer: Two judges who would lose their retirement benefits if they sought re-election instead and a younger judge who says he needs a new challenge.
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Up and down the ballot, judicial races could create openings for the governor to fill
Several of the races we’ve looked at could create an opening for Gov. Sanders to appoint someone to fill vacant seats in 2025.
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Medical marijuana group submits revised amendment to AG
Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected the group’s first submission last month.
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Judge rules marijuana advertising case will continue
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chip Welch was unconvinced that marijuana’s status under federal law should limit advertising in the state cannabis industry.
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Ruling on medical marijuana ads could be ‘total game-changer’
If the brewer behind Budweiser can run ads for beer, should marijuana cultivators be allowed to market products to consumers?