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Arkansas transparency group will collect signatures for proposed amendment OK’d by AG

Arkansas government transparency advocates will begin collecting signatures for a November ballot measure to enshrine government openness in the state Constitution. Attorney General Tim Griffin certified language for four potential popular names and ballot titles, including “The Arkansas Government Disclosure Amendment of 2024,” a title he substituted for the submission of “The Arkansas Government Transparency […]

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Arkansas Supreme Court will hear supporters’ case for paper ballots amendments

Arkansas’ highest court agreed Wednesday to fast-track a hearing in a lawsuit from a group advocating for the removal of voting machines from Arkansas elections. The nonprofit Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative sued Secretary of State John Thurston and the state Board of Election Commissioners earlier this month, asking the state Supreme Court to certify two […]

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Arkansas Civic Health Index released

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Civic Health Index was released on Monday, which showed the full scope of voter participation in the state. That topic among many others is discussed. Capitol View host Roby Brock first met with attorney Jay Martin who is a former state representative and current candidate for chief justice of […]

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Former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland called to Arkansas Supreme Court | News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court, giving it a conservative majority as justices prepare to take up a challenge to her education overhaul. Hiland was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice […]

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Sarah Sanders picks Arkansas Republican chairman to fill vacant state Supreme Court spot

Arkansas’s state Supreme Court will see a conservative majority if its newest nominee is confirmed, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) announced on Monday. Sanders announced her nomination of former state prosecutor and Arkansas Republican Party Chairman Cody Hiland to fill a vacant role on the state’s highest court. Hiland would take Justice Robin Wynne’s seat […]

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