Arkansas Republican Congressman Steve Womack faces an attack from the right. State Sen. Clint Penzo accuses Womack of being a RINO and pledges to join the Freedom Caucus if he’s elected.
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Voucher lobbyists just completely running the Capitol now apparently
Who is Gary Newton, and why do we care what he thinks?
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Legislature speeding its way to making it easier to exploit child labor UPDATE
The onslaught of bad bills coming out of this General Assembly is nearly impossible to comprehensively follow. One especially pernicious proposal we haven’t talked about is up for a final vote in the Senate today: House Bill 1410, dubbed the “Youth Hiring Act of 2023” would dispense with the requirement that businesses who want to hired children under age 16 receive a permit from the state Department of Labor.
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Let’s bring partisanship into school board races, two Arkansas Republicans propose with new bill
Partisan school board races are not about protecting our kids or unifying our districts. It’s literally the opposite: the move is meant to insulate Republican power and divide our communities — neither of which are good reasons to pass this bill.
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Penzo mailer tries to trick teachers
Clint Penzo’s campaign mailer says he supported teacher pay increases. The boast is really a bluff.
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Lisa Parks, 34 votes short and trying again
We can’t thank you all enough for the kind messages, the encouragement, and the constant support over the last three months. What you were able to achieve changed the course […]
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New Arkansas laws remove barriers for immigrants, despite legislature’s rightward turn
A new state law will soon open the door to almost any career path for some groups of immigrants, marking the latest in a remarkable series of legislative victories for Arkansas’s immigrant community.
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State affairs: Daylight savings time and perhaps a case of stolen legislative valor
Daylight Savings Time and competing bills to help Marshall Islanders were topics today.
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Jon Woods will not seek re-election to state Senate
Woods gives no reason for his decision, other than to say that “after serving ten years in the state legislature, I have decided that I am satisfied with my accomplishments and that it is time to start a new chapter in my life.”