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Arkansas higher education faces reduction budget proposal

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 […]

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Fundraising reports give early look at Arkansas ballot questions

Money is flowing in for potential Arkansas ballot measures. Language for several of the major measures, including ones concerning abortion and the Freedom of Information Act, were approved January and signature gathering efforts are underway. Another, concerning public education, was approved just this month. March 15 was the deadline to submit campaign finance reports for […]

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Arkansas abortion amendment: Activists campaign for signatures

Arkansas is one of 20 states that have severely restricted or completely outlawed abortion in the nearly two years since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Some anti-abortion groups consider the state’s law one of the most restrictive in the nation. But now, an effort is underway to change that and give Arkansas voters a […]

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Voter turnout low on Super Tuesday in Arkansas. Here’s why.

With more than 99% of the vote in Arkansas now tallied, total voter turnout appears to have remained low across many Arkansas counties on Super Tuesday, even as it surpassed some early estimates. The statewide average stands at 20.62%, including early and absentee ballots. That’s compared to 28.01% in 2020 and 38.39% in 2016. For […]

Alabama

Sarah Stewart wins nomination for Alabama Supreme Court chief justice | #elections | #alabama

Among the notable races this Super Tuesday was the primary vote for the next chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Justice Sarah Stewart, who has been on the court since 2018, snagged the Republican nomination, defeating former state Sen. Bryan Taylor. She won 60.12% of the Montgomery County vote with 9,161 votes, according to […]