Democracy got a win in Texas yesterday. A federal judge has again ruled against the Texas voter ID law, saying a watered-down version still discriminates against black and Hispanic voters. So what about Arkansas, where Republicans are also trying to suppress voting through ID laws.
The Trump administration is preparing to roll back an Obama administration rule that cut off Medicaid payments to nursing homes (Medicaid is the primary supplier of money to nursing homes in Arkansas) that force residents to sign arbitration agreements. This means they can't sue if disputes over care arise.
Democrats plan to replicate a Republican strategy to file lawsuits over national administration policy, a tactic that could find Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge switching sides in her busy federal court agenda. If only we could get her interested in Arkansas.
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined 35 other states in a federal antitrust lawsuit in Pennsylvania that says a maker of a drug prescribed for opioid addiction has conspired to protect the price of its drug by blocking generic competitors from the market.