After approving several ownership changes, the state Medical Marijuana Commission attempted to discuss restrictions on pre-rolls and advertising but the commission’s counsel from the attorney general’s office said Attorney General Tim Griffin believed the commission did not have the authority to consider the issues.
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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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Arkansans to protest big attacks on voting rights at noon today
A rally at the Capitol today for voter rights, which are under attack in Arkansas.
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Vote suppression: Correcting the record of Republican testimony
In their rush to pass vote suppression legislation Arkansas Republicans are playing fast and loose with the truth,
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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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Rutledge gets out in front of legislative redistricting process UPDATE
Let the gerrymanders begin!
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Surprise: Arkansas Republican Party opposes lawsuit to make it safer and easier to vote in November
Of course the state Republican Party doesn’t want more people voting in November. Donald Trump says the more people vote, the more likely he is to lose.
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Speaker’s committee kills expanded medical marijuana use at governor’s urging: UPDATED WITH WARNING FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The House Rules Committee today killed legislation to expand the list of medical conditions for which medical marijuana may be prescribed in the face of strong opposition from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. And then the governor’s administration went full Reefer Madness.
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State retirement benefits on the chopping block UPDATE
The plan to make retirement benefits more expensive and less rewarding for public employees has begun.
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Arkansas becomes casino country
The state rolls the dice with the passage of Issue 4.