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'Arkansas General Assembly'

The Stupid Things Tom Cotton Said Edition

This week’s special session of the Arkansas General Assembly, the stupid things Tom Cotton said this week, more drama at the Arkansas Supreme Court, more politicking around the proposal to build a Mapco in downtown Little Rock and the deadwood of the former lieutenant governor’s office drifting off to new opportunities — all covered on this week's edition.
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Obama all the time for Cotton

During his prepared remarks in a press conference in Little Rock on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton managed to say President Obama's name 14 times in four minutes. That's his campaign in a nutshell: Obama and Obamacare are destroying America.
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New setting, same old legislators UPDATE

The House met briefly this afternoon at the Old State House to being a three-day special session. The Oaklawn bill to limit lottery expansion, amended to have temporary effect until March, cleared House committee without opposition.

Today in Arkansas: Cotton cheers Hobby Lobby decision

Today on our program: Tom Cotton says he thinks the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling is great. The Arkansas General Assembly appears to have reached a compromise on legislation that will limit the Arkansas lottery from expanding into video-style games. Staffers for the Arkansas lieutenant governor's office end their time doing nothing. And more.
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The Sponsored by Oaklawn Special Session Edition

The upcoming special session of the Arkansas General Assembly, the latest on the bid to overturn the state's voter ID law, a split emerging among Arkansas Supreme Court justices and the politics surrounding a proposal to build a Mapco on 3rd and Broadway in downtown Little Rock — all covered on this week's edition.

The private option: minority of lawmakers try to force the end of a policy, working as intended, supported by overwhelming majority

Two things to keep in mind on the "private option" for Medicaid expansion, currently blocked by 27 representatives in the Arkansas House...
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Remembering the stakes in the debate over the Arkansas private option

Amid all the shouting and the political maneuvering, it's worth taking a step back from time to time. Let's remember the real stakes in the private option debate.

The Injunction, Crazy Davy Comedy Hour Edition

The first of what’s sure to be many legal challenges of new laws passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, Davy Carter opting not to run for governor, the environmental movements coalescing around the Mayflower oil spill cleanup and the factory hog farm in Mt. Judea in the Buffalo River watershed and bike lanes on South Main in Little Rock — all covered this week.
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The 2013 legislature closes quietly

The House and Senate convened briefly this morning and adjourned the 2013 General Assembly sine die.

Haters gonna hate

The tweet above, which we're using to inaugurate our new semi-regular blog feature, comes from K. Ryan James, a local Republican political consultant and flack.
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Against all odds, Obamacare prevailed in Arkansas

So backward-looking was the Arkansas legislature all winter that you wanted to search the rest of the paper every day for the latest news on the hookworm epidemic and yesterday's lynchings, but then it did something truly progressive.

The Nate Bell's Itchy Twitter Fingers Edition

The passage of Medicaid expansion and the final days of the Arkansas General Assembly, Nate Bell on Twitter, Mike Ross’s moderate message and Mark Pryor’s gun votes — all covered on this week's edition.
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