Arkansas Gov. Sanders’ administration grilled over $19K podium
Arkansas lawmakers questioned four members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration Tuesday following a critical audit into the purchase of a custom $19,000 podium for the Republican governor. The audit found the governor’s office potentially broke the law by paying for the podium out of operating expenses, paying for it upfront without first requesting detailed […]
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Arkansas lawmakers questioned four members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration Tuesday following a critical audit into the purchase of a custom $19,000 podium for the Republican governor. The audit found the governor’s office potentially broke the law by paying for the podium out of operating expenses, paying for it upfront without first requesting detailed […]
Read MoreArkansas higher education faces reduction budget proposal
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Under a proposed budget released in March by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, public funding for higher education in Arkansas would be reduced by more than $2.4 million. Nearly all of the schools in the University of Arkansas system would each see funding cuts in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, along with cuts for two-year […]
Read MoreRaces set nominees in 3 races
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Arkansas voters decided three legislative runoff races on Tuesday — two Democratic contests in and around West Memphis and a Republican election outside Texarkana. The results of these elections decided the outcome of primary races from March 5 where no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. ∎ In the District 88 Republican runoff, […]
Read MoreWisconsin, Mississippi and Arkansas hold nail-biter 2024 elections
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked down the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t major elections and ballot measures at stake ahead of November. On Tuesday, voters in Arkansas and Mississippi will make their voices heard in tight runoff elections. One Arkansas race has even divided […]
Read MoreArkansas Attorney General Griffin joins 21 states in supporting Texas
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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin signed on to an amicus brief Wednesday in support of a Texas law which would make it a state crime, enforceable by state authorities, to cross the US-Mexico border without authorization. He is joined by officials from 21 other states who are not directly involved in the court case but […]
Read MoreTrump, Biden win primaries in Arkansas
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Former President Donald Trump cruised to victory in the Republican primary in Arkansas on Tuesday as he marches toward securing the GOP nomination. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic primary. The Associated Press called both races shortly after 8 p.m. The polls closed at 7:30 p.m. Trump and Biden carried all of Arkansas’ 40 […]
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