Austin Bailey, Author at Arkansas Times

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Austin Bailey

Halfhearted hate crime bill substitute headed for governor’s signature

Students in Arkansas will sing The Star-Spangled Banner, and they will like it

Giving snacks, water to Arkansas voters outlawed under bill now headed for final approval

Bathroom bill stalls as Arkansas lawmakers consider costs

Walmart ordered to pay $115 million for breach of contract, stealing trade secrets

More outcry over Rep. Carol Dalby’s hasty gavel on the sham ‘hate crime’ bill

Nonprofit coalition pushes back against attacks on citizen-led ballot initiatives

COVID numbers about the same, with one anomaly

Arkansas Catholic Diocese stays above the fray on bills against transgender children

Arkansas Sen. John Boozman gets another challenger, this time from the left