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• Bill targeting hog farm moratoriums near Buffalo River fails in committee Tuesday, sponsors will amend and try again

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/11/bill-targeting-hog-farm-moratoriums-near-buffalo-river-fails-in-committee-tuesday-sponsors-will-amend-and-try-again

• Bill that could make it harder to stop hog farming near Buffalo River continues to stall

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/bill-that-could-make-it-harder-to-stop-hog-farming-near-buffalo-river-continues-to-stall

• Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been halted

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted

• Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been halted

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted

• Cities, counties, state could shower private projects with taxpayer funds under senator’s amendment

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/12/cities-counties-state-could-shower-private-projects-with-taxpayer-funds-under-senators-amendment

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Stories discussed this week:

Power companies would be able to raise your electric bill more easily under new legislation

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/power-companies-would-be-able-to-raise-your-electric-bill-more-easily-under-new-legislation

Senate committee advances bill to ease utility regulations at consumer expense

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/27/senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ease-utility-regulations-at-consumer-expensexpense

House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/28/email-shows-new-prison-build-was-first-priced-at-1-2-billion-almost-3-times-higher-than-governors-number

Governor’s ‘major’ grocery tax relief bill would save you a whole quarter on a $200 trip to the store

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/governors-major-grocery-tax-relief-bill-would-save-you-a-whole-quarter-on-a-200-trip-to-the-store

Budget bill for Franklin Co. prison now $750 million, more than twice what lawmakers said last week

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/03/budget-bill-for-franklin-co-prison-now-750-million-more-than-twice-what-lawmakers-said-last-week

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Anti-woke activism meets technocratic tinkering: Breaking down Sanders’ higher ed bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/22/anti-woke-activism-meets-technocratic-tinkering-breaking-down-sanders-higher-ed-bill

Get off the Capitol lawn! Gov’s bill aims to limit students’ political speech

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/21/get-off-the-capitol-lawn-govs-bill-aims-to-limit-students-political-speech

Secretary of state joins Legislature in assault on the people’s ballot measure process

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/17/secretary-of-state-joins-legislature-in-assault-on-the-peoples-ballot-measure-process

With icy roads limiting public testimony, House committee passes bill to dampen direct democracy

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/19/with-icy-roads-limiting-public-testimony-house-committee-passes-bill-to-dampen-direct-democracy

Failed raffle bill sparks kerfuffle between Saracen Casino exec and UA athletic director

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/20/failed-raffle-bill-sparks-kerfuffle-between-saracen-casino-exec-and-ua-athletic-director

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UAMS, AR Children’s brace for Trump administration cuts to medical research funding

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/10/uams-bracing-for-trump-administration-cuts-to-medical-research-funding

Rick Crawford sponsors bill to keep USAID cash flowing to farms amid Musk’s assault on agency

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/rick-crawford-sponsors-bill-to-keep-usaid-cash-flowing-to-farms-amid-musks-assault-on-agency

Senate passes slate of bills to hamstring ballot measure campaigns

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/senate-passes-slate-of-bills-to-hamstring-ballot-measure-campaigns

Bill to stop Arkansas cities from regulating Airbnbs passes House committee

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/12/bill-to-stop-arkansas-cities-from-regulating-airbnbs-passes-house-committee

Bill targeting disability rights nonprofit narrowly passes House

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/13/bill-targeting-disability-rights-nonprofit-narrowly-passes-house

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‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/tort-reform-bill-passes-senate-heads-to-governors-desk

Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/06/governors-maternal-health-plan-would-make-it-easier-to-get-medicaid-but-not-to-keep-it

U.S. reading and math scores keep trending downward, with Arkansas towards the bottom

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/31/u-s-reading-and-math-scores-keep-trending-downward-with-arkansas-towards-the-bottom

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Stories discussed this week:

Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/29/phones-would-be-banned-bell-to-bell-in-arkansas-public-schools-under-new-bill

Sanders will seek new Medicaid work requirement for 220K Arkansans

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/28/sanders-will-seek-new-medicaid-work-requirement-for-220k-poor-arkansans

Senate passes bill to end affirmative action as pleas from Black colleagues fall on deaf ears

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/30/senate-passes-bill-to-end-affirmative-action-as-pleas-from-black-colleagues-fall-on-deaf-ears

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Stories discussed this week:

State law allowing child sexual abuse victims to retroactively sue gets its day in court
 https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/23/state-law-allowing-child-sexual-abuse-victims-to-retroactively-sue-gets-its-day-in-court

Arkansas immigrants brace for Trump’s promised raids as rumors fly on social media
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/24/arkansas-immigrants-brace-for-trumps-promised-raids-as-rumors-fly-on-social-media

Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters, including those from Arkansas
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/20/trump-pardons-jan-6-rioters-including-those-from-arkansas

Very dumb resolution filed to rename the Gulf of Mexico in state documents
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/22/very-dumb-resolution-filed-to-rename-the-gulf-of-mexico-in-state-documents

Cotton at odds with Trump over extension for TikTok sale
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/21/cotton-at-odds-with-trump-over-extension-for-tiktok-sale

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Stories discussed this week:

Crawford picked as House Intelligence chair after ouster of Republican who dared question Trump
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/crawford-picked-as-house-intelligence-chair-after-ouster-of-republican-who-dared-question-trump

UPDATE: Sanders’ session agenda includes school phone ban, firing ‘woke’ professors, higher ed funding
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/14/sanders-session-agenda-school-cell-phone-ban-higher-ed-funding-rework-firing-woke-professors

Sanders wants a new Medicaid work requirement — and this time, it could hit more Arkansans
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/16/sanders-wants-a-new-medicaid-work-requirement-and-this-time-it-could-hit-more-arkansans

Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ (1988) Tuesday
https://arktimes.com/rock-candy/2025/01/15/arkansas-times-film-series-screens-women-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown-1988-tuesday

Angelo Badalamenti explains how he wrote Laura Palmer's Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eqgr_gn4k

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Baker claps back at other Supreme Court justices, declares recent orders null and void
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/08/baker-claps-back-at-other-supreme-court-justices-declares-recent-orders-null-and-void

State Supreme Court majority voids chief justice’s appointments to judicial discipline panel
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/01/07/state-supreme-court-majority-voids-chief-justices-appointments-to-judicial-discipline-panel

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Despite opposition from local right wing group, Fort Smith City Board approves EPA grant
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/despite-opposition-from-local-right-wing-group-fort-smith-city-board-approves-epa-grant

Governor’s consultants pitch bad ideas for a FOIA overhaul
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/12/18/governors-consultants-pitch-bad-ideas-for-a-foia-overhaul

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