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Arkansas health care workers support national call to protect IVF • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas doctors have joined a nationwide network of health care professionals working to protect in vitro fertilization access in the wake of last month’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling that paused IVF services in the state. Healthcare Workers for Reproductive Freedom formally launched its Save IVF campaign last week with the release of a letter signed […]

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Arkansas governor’s campaign manager leads abortion amendment opposition group • Arkansas Advocate

Supporters of ballot initiatives on abortion, medical marijuana and education said they’re not concerned about the formation of a new opposition group led by an adviser to Arkansas’ governor. Stronger Arkansas is chaired by Chris Caldwell, a political consultant who served as Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ 2022 gubernatorial campaign manager. Caldwell will also lead her […]

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Arkansas AG approves ballot title for public education coalition’s initiative • Arkansas Advocate

Supporters of a ballot initiative to amend the Arkansas Constitution’s education clause will begin collecting signatures next week following the attorney general’s approval of ballot language Friday. The Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024 aims to hold private schools that receive state funding to the same standards at public schools. Attorney General Tim Griffin certified […]

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Tweaked language approved for Arkansas ballot initiative to expand medical marijuana access

This story was updated at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, to include information about opposition to the initiative proposal. Arkansas’ cannabis industry and patient advocates can begin collecting signatures to qualify a constitutional amendment for the November ballot that would make medical marijuana more accessible. Attorney General Tim Griffin late Tuesday approved ballot language […]

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Arkansas attorney general rejects first draft of direct democracy initiative

Arkansas’ attorney general has rejected the first version of a proposed constitutional amendment intended to improve the state’s ballot initiative process, but sponsors plan to resubmit. The text of the measure — which would change parts of the initiative process that have frustrated ballot groups, including ballot title review and signature verification, as well as […]

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Arkansas attorney general again rejects public education group’s ballot initiative

Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday rejected for a second time a proposal to amend the state Constitution’s education clause. The proposed ballot initiative aims to hold private schools participating in the state’s new voucher program to the same standards as public schools. In his Thursday opinion, Attorney General Tim Griffin said he could not certify […]

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Other states’ ballot successes provide model for Arkansas abortion initiative

Rachel Spencer with Arkansans for Limited Government encourages attendees at a rally on Jan. 28, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center to support a ballot initiative to expand abortion access in the state. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate) The thought of starting a family in a post-Roe world left Rachel Spencer feeling scared and powerless, so she […]

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Group will submit fourth proposed Arkansas FOIA change to AG’s office after third rejection

A government transparency group will send a fourth draft of proposed changes to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act after Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected its third proposal on Thursday. In his opinion, Griffin cited a “misleading provision” of the text of the proposed act and ballot title. Previous submissions contained the same problem that […]

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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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Ballot initiative to legalize abortion in Arkansas advances; signature gathering to soon begin

Arkansans in November will vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution if supporters can collect enough signatures in the next five months. Arkansas’ attorney general on Tuesday certified a third draft of a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee a limited right to abortion in the state. The Arkansas Abortion Amendment […]