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'Linda Collins-Smith'

UPDATE: Education committee passes bill to tamper with American history curriculum

The Senate Education committee passed a bill today by Sen. Linda Collins-Smith (R-Pocahontas) that would require non-AP high school and junior high U.S. social studies classes to teach at least four weeks of history concerning "the period of colonization through 1890," regardless of what the rest of the class is about. Proponents of the bill said that its passage would help ensure "freedom."
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Obamacare wins a round in the Senate

Sen. Jim Hendren's bill to implement AsaCare, his uncle, Gov. Asa Hutchinson's, continuation of the private option Medicaid expansion under Obamacare and to study restructure of health services in Arkanass, was approved in a Senate committee today. The teabaggers' bill to end the private option, by lead 'bagger Sen. Linda Collins-Smith, was defeated.
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Arkansas legislators junketing

Sen. Scott Flippo and Sen.-elect Linda Collins-Smith are off in Florida, according to a Collins-Smith tweet, getting used by the Foundation for Government Accountability, yet another one of the right-wing advocacy groups that plies willing state legislators with cookie-cutter bills to advance its right-wing agenda.

Speaking of wreckage: Republican legislative majority makes big gains

Republicans added more than a dozen seats in the Arkansas legislature, potentially a complicating factor in renewal of the private option expansion of Medicaid.
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The races to watch tonight impacting the future of the private option

Here's your cheat sheet for legislative races that could impact the private option. Health insurance for more than 200,000 Arkansans is at stake.

The future of the private option

It could turn on the results of two state Senate races.
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James McLean can bring "gobs and gobs and gobs" of new jobs

Can you get James McLean's old-timey radio jingle out of your head? No.

James McLean gets his jingle on

With less than a month before election day, the state legislative races are heating up, even as the top of the ticket dominates the airwaves and media attention. Control of the House is very much in play, but potentially the most consequential race is the battle for the District 19 Senate seat made vacant by Democratic Sen. David Wyatt. Democrat Rep. James McLean of Batesville is facing off against Tea Partier Linda Collins-Smith. Luckily, McLean has a plan to ward off all comers: a radio jingle that you CANNOT get out of your head.
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Davy Carter backs one Democrat for Senate, gives favorable nod to Karen Garcia

House Speaker Davy Carter, a Republican, had kind words for a couple of Democratic candidates last night — a rare bit of aisle-crossing from a party not known for much.

Republican loser denounces Senate bipartisanship gesture

As mentioned yesterday, the Arkansas Senate embarked on the new Republican majority era with a display of bipartisanship.
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More party switches to come?

Minority Leader John Burris says more politicians are likely to switch parties.

Rep. Linda Collins-Smith switching parties

Rep. Linda Collins-Smith of Pocohontas is switching parties and becoming a Republican, according to an Associated Press report.
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