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'Jerry Cox'

'Grow your own' and more: What's in the 2024 medical marijuana amendment

Two outspoken marijuana advocates who fought a recreational marijuana proposal in 2022 are lending their support to a 2024 amendment. What’s different this time? “They gave me everything I asked for,” Fults said. 
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Even the Family Council opposes the twisted bill to criminalize abortion as murder

The Family Council remains all for going after abortion providers, but charging women with murder is a bridge too far even for them.
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Lawmakers go after drag shows as Arkansas's culture war rages on

Members of the Arkansas Senate's City, County & Local Affairs Committee faced off Thursday with an eclectic crowd of people who listed reasons cultural, spiritual, religious and constitutional for why Senate Bill 43 has it wrong. The committee passed the bill anyway.

A marijuana post-mortem with David Couch

We caught up with Couch to get his thoughts on the election, why he thinks the amendment failed and the prospects for a recreational marijuana amendment in the future. 
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Why Issue 4 is right for Arkansas

Issue 4 can’t solve every problem in one fell swoop – few laws can do that. But what Issue 4 absolutely will do is to serve as a critically important stepping stone for cannabis reform in Arkansas.

Family Council vows in online meeting to stay vigilant, never 'stop talking about abortion'

In an online meeting with the Family Council and others, Leon Holmes, a retired chief federal judge In Little Rock, and attorney Robert Shafer, a constitutional law expert, committed themselves to a vigilant anti-abortion stance, and theorized about how to advance the anti-abortion cause even further.
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Attorney General Leslie Rutledge signs certification prohibiting abortion in Arkansas

"We were prepared in 2019 for this court's opinion," Rutledge said. "It's almost as if we had a crystal ball."

Leslie Rutledge's lawyers work to keep her emails on transgender issues private

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge doesn't want to turn over some of her emails about the 2021 push to pass anti-transgender laws in Arkansas. A federal judge will decide in the next day or two whether or not she has to.
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Senate committee rushes out substitute 'hate' crime bill. Missing: Support from anybody but old white male legislators.

Of course the toothless sham "hate crimes" bill got pushed out of Senate committee in a hurry today. It won't change any reality on the ground in this state.

Hate crime compromise fails test for Family Council

Bad news for the compromise hate crimes bill. Haters won't like it.
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Is encouraging teen suicide protecting child welfare? UPDATE

Fair question given the support of law that doctors have said will encourage child suicide.
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UPDATE Anti-abortion forces pregame for near-total abortion ban vote that, as expected, was quickly approved.

Sen. Rapert and his band of anti-abortion activists rallied at the Capitol today before SB 6, a near-total ban on abortions in Arkansas, made its committee debut and expected easy approval.
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