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The law according to Bart Hester and them: Legal discrimination against gay people

In Missouri, a court says a person legally can be harassed at work for being gay. Arkansas law is no different, even if a court hasnj't ruled on a specific case yet.
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The spoils system turns thuggish

Republicans' smashing victories in the last two election cycles in Arkansas have had the usual results.
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Democratic Party of Arkansas: "Gov. Asa Hutchinson has taken a bad situation and made it worse"

The Democratic Party of Arkansas today issued a statement attacking Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the Medicaid eligibility verification mess, the recent termination of home health care services,  and Hutchinson's move on Friday to order the Department of Human Services to terminate its Medicaid provider contract with Planned Parenthood, in violation of federal law.

What will Eureka do?

On May 12, voters in Eureka Springs will decide whether the city's LGBT protection ordinance stays or goes. The law might be the domino that refuses to fall.
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Rep. Ballinger isn't impressed by city opinion on civil rights ordinance

As I expected, Rep. Bob Ballinger, sponsor of several pieces of anti-gay legislation including Act 137 to limit legal protectios for gays by cities and counties, isn't impressed by Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter's opinion on a pending city civil rights ordinance.

City attorney says LR civil rights ordinance doesn't conflict with state law

Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter completed a legal opinion Sunday evening that says a proposed Little Rock civil rights ordinance, intended to extend some specific new protect for LGBT people, does not conflict with a new state law.
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Why and how you got screwed by the 90th General Assembly

Rich men come out unscathed.

What HB 1228 was really about

Before and after protests, it remains legal to discriminate against LGBT people in Arkansas.
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Compromise 'religion' bill becomes law; session ends

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed SB 975, a compromise version of the bill originally aimed at creating a religious pretext to discriminate against gay people. The House passed SB 975 earlier this afternoon, 76-17, with two voting present.

DiPippa: proposed 'fix' bills for HB 1228 won't prevent potential discrimination

We reached out this morning to UA's William H. Bowen School of Law Dean Emeritus John DiPippa to get his take on the two HB 1228 "fix" bills passed last night by the Senate — SB 229 and SB 975 — after Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked the legislature to recall the bill. His opinion: the "fix" isn't much of a fix if the goal is to prevent discrimination.
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HB 1228 "fix" approved by full Senate

The Senate advanced two identical bills that were amended today to reflect the federal "Religious Freedom Restoration Act," as requested by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the wake of controversy over HB 1228. Not everyone in the GOP is happy with the compromise, which has proceeded in an unusual way.

Hutchinson's announcement on HB 1228 is important, but it's no slam dunk for LGBT rights

Hutchinson asked the legislature to change HB 1228 — either by recalling the bill itself or by crafting additional legislation — so that it would more closely mirror the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, upon which the bill is based. But hold off on the celebration just yet.
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