New court filings suggest John Thurston is applying rules in contradictory ways — preemptively rejecting the abortion petition, while allowing similar paperwork issues to slide for other petitions.
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Now fully briefed, the abortion amendment case is in the Ark. Supreme Court’s hands
A ruling from the Arkansas Supreme Court could come at any time in the coming days.
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Arkansas AG angles to help employers avoid paying overtime
Employers would have to pay overtime to an estimated 4.3 million additional Americans under a federal rule change, fattening paychecks by $1.5 billion. So of course, Arkansas Republicans are fighting it.
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AG Griffin’s abortion case hypocrisy on display in casino lawsuit
Griffin took one position on Aug. 2 and the exact opposite position three days later. So which is it?
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Arkansas orders four pharmacy benefit managers to pay $1.47M in fines for underpaying drugstores
“PBMs have been allowed to skirt the law for too long,” Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a news release. “Today my administration is taking an important step to holding Big Pharma accountable. We must make sure that our most vulnerable populations are protected and that starts with enforcing the law.”
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Arkansas Republicans take home the gold medal in bigotry and ignorance
Sarah Sanders and others are big mad about a woman defeating a woman in a women’s sporting event.
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Labor and delivery: How a volunteer-powered group gathered 102K signatures for the Arkansas Abortion Amendment
Sec. of State John Thurston rejected the Arkansas Abortion Amendment based on a paperwork error, but women’s health advocates are not going away without a fight.
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Secretary of state’s filing in abortion amendment case hints at catch-22 argument down the line
Thurston claims the court lacks jurisdiction to review his decision until he finishes the next step of reviewing signatures … which he’s already said he won’t do unless the court tells him to.
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State Supreme Court won’t dismiss abortion petitioners’ lawsuit, for now
The ruling is another small victory for Arkansans for Limited Government, the group behind the abortion amendment.
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Sec. of State finishes count of abortion rights signatures; amendment’s fate still uncertain
Whether the amendment will be on the November ballot comes down to what the Supreme Court decides to do with signatures from paid canvassers.