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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

I would like to thank #KristenWelker for providing me with video that I can play for my students, from now until the end of time, to show them how NOT to conduct an on-air interview. @TheOnion could not have done this better. #journalism

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

5 months

Elise Stefanik refers to the "January 6 hostages" on Meet the Press, and Kristen Welker lets her get away with it

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Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey alleges that staffer in governor's office dangled $100K parole board post to retiring state legislator to pave the way for Gov. Sanders's friend to win his House seat without opposition; such an offer would be a crime under state law. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

2 months

Governor’s office offered lucrative parole board seat in exchange for political favor, state senator says via @arktimes

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

It's going to be fun to watch @SarahHuckabee & the #vouchers crowd try to explain why private schools shouldn't have to meet the same standards as public schools if they want public money. Strategically brilliant approach here by For AR Kids. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Advocate

@ArkAdvocate

5 months

A proposed constitutional amendment submitted to the Arkansas attorney general today would require all schools receiving state funds to meet the same set of academic and accreditation standards.

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The Shumater

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5 months

Here's a fun fact to remember when you see @SarahHuckabee prattling on about the economic miracle she's brought to #Arkansas : We are the only state where personal income didn't grow in the 3rd qtr. of 2023. The. Only. One. Behind even Mississippi. #arpx

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

8 months

Surely we're not suggesting it is perfectly OK to use a state credit card to funnel money to a political crony - disguised as a gross overpayment for a podium that wasn't needed & hasn't been used - and then lying to cover it up #Arkansas #podiumgate #arpx

Arkansas governor's lectern purchase exempt from state procurement law, attorney general says

A day after the governor’s office told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that state procurement law does not apply to the governor's purchase of a $19,000 lectern, a spokesman for Attorney General Tim...

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

2 months

Huge red flag in #lecterngate audit: Both Beckett Events, which brokered the lectern purchase, & Miller Performance Furniture, which sold the lectern, refused to cooperate with auditors. So what's being presented today is incomplete. #Arkansas #arpx

UPDATE: State auditors refer lecterngate findings to prosecutor’s office

The report details multiple apparent violations of state law related to the governor's spending.

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

3 months

Forcing #transgender Arkansans to use a driver's license that doesn't match their gender identity advances absolutely no public policy goal. Our self-righteous governor is simply making life more difficult for citizens whom she finds distasteful. #Arkansas #arpx

KARK 4 News

@KARK4News

3 months

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders mandates driver's license gender must align with birth certificate

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@The_Shumater

4 months

People living in West Helena who haven't had water for 14 days might appreciate a visit from their governor. But that wouldn't get @SarahHuckabee on @FoxNews . #Arkansas #arpx

Alexa Henning

@alexahenning

4 months

Gov. @SarahHuckabee will join @GovAbbott and other GOP governors in Eagle Pass, TX this Sunday.

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Republican Rep. Jim Wooten in @politico profile of @SarahHuckabee : “I don’t know how many people I’ve had say to me, had I known what [state government] was going to look like under Gov. Sanders, I wouldn’t have voted for her." #Arkansas #arpx

‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ increasing number of critics think she’s too worried about her national profile.

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@The_Shumater

2 months

#Lecterngate auditors identify 8 "areas of noncompliance with state law" #Arkansas #arpx

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

1 month

If Tom Cotton won't debate, it means he is unable or unwilling to defend his record. It would be a searing indictment of his Senate tenure. #Arkansas #arpx

Tom Cotton

@TomCottonAR

1 month

If President Biden won't debate, it means he is unable or unwilling to defend his record. It would be a searing indictment of the Biden presidency.

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The Shumater

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7 months

News nuggets from @ABC story on #lecterngate : Whistleblower represented by @TomMarsLaw met with legislative auditors last week; Mars has also reached out to federal law enforcement. #Arkansas #arpx

Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends herself from podium controversy after unusual $19K payment

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is embroiled in a controversy known as #PodiumGate, involving a $19,029.25 payment with tax dollars and an alteration to an invoice

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

3 months

. @SarahHuckabee rules out expanding post-partum medical coverage for #Medicaid mothers from 60 days to 12 months, as 46 other states have done. #Arkansas has nation's highest rate of maternal mortality. #arpx #arleg

Sanders rejects expanding post-pregnancy Medicaid to 12 months, says other coverage available

To reduce Arkansas' high rate of maternal mortality, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that the state does not need to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months but...

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

Latest publicity stunt gone wrong from @SarahHuckabee & her Apple Dumpling Gang - the #Arkansas Air National Guard commander whom she says resigned over opposition to #Pentagon abortion policy took the job 4 months AFTER the policy was already in place. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Advocate

@ArkAdvocate

5 months

Arkansas governor asks Biden administration to rescind Pentagon abortion policy after colonel’s resignation

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

Let's stop for a minute & think about this tweet: "A culture of fear grips #Arkansas public school libraries" Fear. In libraries. Our legislators should be ashamed. What on earth does this accomplish? #arpx #arleg @ArkAdvocate

Arkansas Advocate

@ArkAdvocate

5 months

A culture of fear grips Arkansas public school libraries as new laws come into effect. Students and educators face uncertainty and restrictions. @arkadvocate #arpx #arleg

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

8 months

So, TSS has demanded that I prove I'm an Arkansas "citizen" to process my #FOIA request for Bryan Sanders's travel records. Here was my response. #Arkansas #arpx

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

8 months

Asked about the altered lectern invoice, @SarahHuckabee said it "went through standard protocol for our office." That's neither an explanation nor a defense. Altering documents is "standard protocol"? #Arkansas #arpx #lecterngate

Sanders points to height, sound components among $19,000 lectern’s features

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders provided details Tuesday about some of the "specific features" of the $19,000 lectern purchased by her office earlier this year that is the subject of an expedited review...

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

2 months

Things Arkansans were told that weren't true: 1) Gov. Sanders's office cooperated fully with audit. 2) Original plan was for @ARGOP , not the state, to buy the lectern. 3) Podium modified for sound & to fit the governor. 4) "Standard operating procedures" were used #lecterngate

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

3 months

Wow. Having a governor stand up for public schools and give the stiff arm to the #vouchers crowd. Wonder what that's like ... #Arkansas #arpx

Governor Andy Beshear

@GovAndyBeshear

3 months

Public dollars are for public schools. Period.

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

4 months

Dude lands in #Arkansas , pisses people off right & left, gets fired - and now we're going to pay him a salary of 10.2 lecterns to sit in the governor's office and do what? #arpx

Danny Shameer

@dshameer

4 months

As a special adviser in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office, fired Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri will make $201,699.89 a year. @MikeWickline reports. #ARNews #ARPX

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

If you're performing at a chili cook-off, you should probably refrain from throwing shade on a woman selling out concert venues across the world. It might look like jealousy.

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@The_Shumater

4 months

#LaraTrump as co-chair of the #RNC will be the gift that keeps on giving -- to Democrats, to Twitter, to Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert. Popping the popcorn!

Trump endorses new RNC chair and Lara Trump as co-chair

The ex-president is backing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, to take over for Ronna McDaniel.

www.politico.com

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

7 months

At the very least, @SarahHuckabee needs to fully explain why she's decided to keep Charlie Vaughn in prison, despite clear evidence of innocence. This would be a great question for a reporter to ask when she next appears at a public event. #Arkansas #arnews #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

7 months

A report by @radleybalko : Gov. Sanders denies clemency to Charlie Vaughn, an innocent man who’s been in prison for decades. Exonerated by both DNA evidence and another man's confession, Vaughn remains trapped on a legal technicality. via @arktimes

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

6 months

Board of Corrections chair Benny Magness has sent a 7-page letter to @SarahHuckabee & @TimGriffin refuting criticism they leveled at board. I'm putting it as a thread here for anyone who wants to read in full. #Arkansas #arpx

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

4 months

. @margbrennan asks @SarahHuckabee why #Arkansas didn't extend post-partum care for new mothers. Instead of answering, she talks about adoption, foster care & bring-your-kids-to-work day at state govt. - none of which have anything to do with post-partum care for new mothers. #aprx

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

4 months

Margaret Brennan to Sarah Sanders: You're talking about the sanctity of life. Your state had one of the highest maternal mortality rates. Why don't you want those moms to get care for a full 12 months instead of just 60 days?

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So @ArkansasEd sends out survey to get feedback on #Arkansas Schools for the Blind & Deaf - without using formats accessible for the blind & deaf, @KATVNews reports. Deaf community advocate fears "the state is up to something that we are unaware of" #arpx

'Unjust' survey for Arkansas deaf and blind schools stirs concern over hidden state agenda

A survey used by the Arkansas Department of Education for the Arkansas schools for the blind and deaf has elicited outrage from their communities.

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

5 months

. @RuPaul , you are not "restricted" in #Arkansas . If you'd like to stop by for a visit - just to piss off @jasonrapert - I'll pick you up at the airport. Also, nobody is reading stories about sex to minor children in libraries, except in the fevered imaginations of bigots. #arpx

Jason Rapert

@jasonrapert

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Consider yourself restricted in Arkansas @RuPaul - we are NOT interested in drag queens reading stories about sex to our minor children in libraries. #SaveTheNation #MakeAmericaDecentAgain

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

7 months

Fired Saline Co. librarian Patty Hector tells @ArkTimes she plans to sue over dismissal, has no regrets about not knuckling under to censorship: "There’s nothing wrong with the library’s books." #Arkansas #arpx #ARnews

She regrets nothing: A Q&A with fired Saline County librarian Patty Hector

"If people were really concerned about 'the children,' they would be going after the internet, YouTube, TikTok, movies," Hector said. "The sexualization of children is prevalent in those sources —...

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

4 months

Worth remembering, as @SenTomCotton & @JohnBoozman vote against aid to #Ukraine , that #Arkansas has reaped nearly $1.3B in economic impact from Ukraine aid, far and away the most of any state per capita. #Arkansas #arpx

Kerri Jackson Case

@kerrijack

4 months

Even if they weren’t convinced ideologically, which is hard to understand, almost no state has benefited more from the money spent for Ukraine so far than Arkansas.

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

4 months

Says the man who on Tuesday voted against aid for #Ukraine , which would the quickest & easiest way to us to show Putin we mean business. The hypocrisy & shamelessness here are astonishing, even for @TomCottonAR #Arkansas #arpx

Tom Cotton

@SenTomCotton

4 months

Alexei Navalny died as he lived: a champion of the Russian people and a brave voice of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. President Biden pledged “devastating” consequences should Navalny die in prison; now he must follow through. America can’t afford another erased red line.

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

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Yet another unforced error from the Apple Dumpling Gang: @SarahHuckabee 's new parole board appointee was fired from Benton police in 2018 for lying about sexual relationship with minor, @KATVNews reports. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews

KATV News

@KATVNews

4 months

The newest appointee to the #Arkansas #ParoleBoard , made by Gov. @SarahHuckabee #Sanders , was terminated from the @BentonPoliceAR after lying about a sexual relationship with a minor. | #arnews #arpx

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

9 months

#Arkansas has had 10 governors since the #FOIA law was passed in 1967; 9 understood the importance of transparency & complied, even when inconvenient. But @SarahHuckabee 's skin is too thin to put public interest over self interest. #WhatIsSarahHiding #arpx

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for special session on tax cuts, FOIA updates, COVID-19...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for a special session of the General Assembly to address tax cuts, changes to the state’s Freedom of Information laws and restrictions on manda…

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

7 months

If indeed @ArkansasEd used taxpayer money to create this video promoting a Christian school, then a) whoever authorized this needs to be fired; b) a lawsuit needs to be prepared & c) somebody needs to drop off a copy of the Constitution at ADE HQ. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

7 months

“We get to learn about God,” one student says in a promo video apparently created by the state education department ( @ArkansasEd ) for a private Christian school in the Delta. Christian studies is a mandatory class at Cornerstone, its website says.

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. @THV11 does nearly 11 minutes of interview with @SarahHuckabee on her 1st year in office without mentioning #lecterngate , her dispute with Board of Corrections or #FOIA special session. Enough softball here for an entire league. #Arkansas #arpx

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks first year in office | THV11+ Interview

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders talked with Faith Woodard about her first year in office including the laws passed and her goals for 2024.

www.thv11.com

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@The_Shumater

2 months

I'll echo Tom's salute to Matt Campbell here - and also add that Tom himself played a considerable role in bringing these shenanigans to light. #Arkansas #arpx

Tom Mars

@TomMarsLaw

2 months

The good people of Arkansas owe @BlueHogReport a debt of gratitude for uncovering what has now been shown to be nothing short of blatant, indefensible public corruption. Please join me in thanking our state’s best investigative reporter and “keyboard warrior,” Matt Campbell. 👏🏼

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@The_Shumater

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So the woman who spent $1.3M sending #Arkansas National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border so she could posture on right-wing TV now says asking to use those troops to help out in understaffed state prisons makes them "political pawns." #Arkansas #arpx

Alexa Henning

@alexahenning

5 months

NEWS: Gov. @SarahHuckabee response to Board of Corrections request for @arkansasguard ; “Your letter is yet another example of the desire to play political games, and this time you are involving our brave National guardsmen and women as pawns.”

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@The_Shumater

1 month

Hello, @ManhattanDA . Please, please, PLEASE subpoena Sarah Sanders to testify about her participation in hush money payments to Donald Trump's mistress. #Arkansas #arpx

Kaitlan Collins

@kaitlancollins

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Umm. David Pecker testifies that he had a joint call with Hope Hicks and Sarah Huckabee Sanders — taxpayer funded WH officials, at the time — about whether Karen McDougal’s contract should be extended. "Both of them said that they thought it was a good idea," Pecker said.

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@The_Shumater

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Worth noting that the funding for these solar projects in disadvantaged communities came from the Inflation Reduction Act, which all six Arkansas Republicans in Congress voted against. #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

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EPA awards $94 million to Arkansas solar projects in disadvantaged communities

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The Shumater

@The_Shumater

7 months

If anyone has video of this to share, you're about to become the most popular person on #Arkansas Twitter ...

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@The_Shumater

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I wasn't a fan of Gov. Sanders putting Jason Rapert on the State Library Board. So is it wrong of me to enjoy seeing him have such a bad time? #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

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10 top private school recipients of #Arkansas vouchers will collect $12.1 M in taxpayer money this year; LR Christian Academy will get most at $2.1 M; Pulaski Academy will receive $1.25 M #arpx #vouchers

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@The_Shumater

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White House calls @AsaHutchinson to apologize for snide comment made by @DNC staffer after he dropped out of #Republican presidential race: "President Biden has deep respect for Gov. Hutchinson and admires the race that he ran." #Arkansas #arpx

White House apologizes to former 2024 candidate Asa Hutchinson as Biden courts anti-Trump GOP

The White House has apologized to former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for a Democratic National Committee statement a day earlier that mocked the end of his long-shot 2024 bid for the Republican...

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@The_Shumater

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. @KATVNews reports most of Gov. Sanders proposed budget increase is going to "education." Nope - it's going to #vouchers . Vouchers aren't about education. They're about shoveling charity to parents who've already abandoned public schools. #Arkansas #arpx

Things to know when the Arkansas Legislature convenes to take up a budget and other issues

Arkansas lawmakers are convening at the Capitol and their top agenda item is taking up Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' $6.3 billion proposed budget.

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@The_Shumater

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Woman arrested in Pulaski Heights during Thur. a.m. raid charged with wire fraud, money laundering for allegedly using $2M in COVID relief PPP loans to buy cars, jewelry, real estate. #Arkansas #arnews

Little Rock woman arrested on federal fraud charges after FBI agents raid her home on Crestwood...

A Little Rock woman who was arrested at her Pulaski Heights home early Thursday morning following an FBI raid has been arraigned on federal mail fraud and money laundering charges related to a...

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Says former @GovMikeHuckabee aide @rexnelson : "Arkansans have to live with the fact that a majority of voters in November 2022 chose a shallow, overly ambitious, paranoid political operative who cares more about getting on Fox News than she does about governing #Arkansas " #arpx

AR Democrat-Gazette

@ArkansasOnline

5 months

Columnist @rexnelson wrote, "I would like to see Arkansas voters make the Freedom of Information Act a part of the state Constitution so future governors and legislators won't constantly attempt to weaken the law." Read more #arpx »

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@The_Shumater

7 months

Democrats aren't upset that you're in Florida kissing #DonaldTrump 's ... ring. They, and many other folks in #Arkansas , are distressed by the dumpster fire you've created over the last 11 months. They also want to see the lectern. #arpx #lecterngate

Sam Dubke

@DubkeSam

7 months

Gov @SarahHuckabee : “I know I’m upsetting a lot of Democrats by being here tonight. Because they like to pretend that they are the party of women.” “You cannot be the party of women if you cannot tell us what a woman is.”

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@The_Shumater

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Feds "deeply alarmed," as they should be, by #Arkansas kicking more than 78K kids from Medicaid rolls. How does taking health coverage away from vulnerable children make our state better? Gratuitous political theater from @SarahHuckabee that's hurting real people. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

6 months

Biden administration ‘deeply alarmed’ by Arkansas’s rush to kick kids off Medicaid via @arktimes

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@The_Shumater

7 months

OK, @alexahenning , 1st question for next press gaggle: Governor, do you think it is a conflict of interest to appoint to a state commission an oil tycoon who helped buy your husband a 500-acre ranch? #Arkansas #arpx #ranchgate #YokoSanders

Alexa Henning

@alexahenning

7 months

The governor took questions from Arkansas press three times this week and it was live-streamed for those not in person. - Tuesday at 11am after the Syngenta announcement - Thursday at 1pm after the signing of woke words EO - Friday at two open press events in Mena Just

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@gtconway3d This is why I no longer walk out of the door without a wig and a fake nose. At least when I'm participating in an insurrection.

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@The_Shumater

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Board of Corrections chair Benny Magness comes out swinging at @SarahHuckabee @AGTimGriffin over presser criticizing board: "The ‘red tape’ that you reference is the #Arkansas Constitution, and I vehemently disagree that the Arkansas Constitution is ‘bureaucratic red tape'"

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@The_Shumater

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"Honesty" & "integrity" are the two virtues we want in our political leaders. "Loyalty" and "confidentiality" are the two virtues we see in our organized crime families. #Arkansas #arpx

The Intellectualist

@highbrow_nobrow

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Huckabee: "I think there are two virtues. Loyalty and confidentiality. Be loyal to the people who helped you and learn how to keep your mouth shut. If you have information that could be hurtful to someone, be confidential." @Acyn

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FYI, @SarahHuckabee , the "business plan" of the news media has always been to ferret out corruption, @TomMarsLaw is not a "left-wing activist" and you're not doing a very good job of not trying to be rude. #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

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Board of Corrections is required to have a criminal justice faculty member from an #Arkansas university. So @SarahHuckabee 's move to replace Whitney Gass (on faculty at SAU) with Brandon Tollett (former police chief at @Ouachita ) does not appear to meet this requirement. #arpx

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@The_Shumater

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Less than 5% of students getting vouchers in #Arkansas were previously enrolled in a public school, @ArkAdvocate reports; 9 of 10 schools with most voucher users are Christian schools, the other is @pulaskiacademy #arpx

Arkansas education officials release first annual school voucher report • Arkansas Advocate

Roughly 4,800 students are participating in the first semester of Arkansas’ new K-12 voucher program. A bulk of those kids are attending the largest, mostly-religious private schools in the state

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@The_Shumater

8 months

Reprehensible decision by Saline Co. Judge Matt Brumley to fire the library director. Censorship & intolerance may have carried the day, but freedom & the power of ideas will win in the end. Godspeed, Patty Hector. #Arkansas #arpx

UPDATE: Saline County judge fires librarian after months of controversy over censorship

The Saline County judge fired the county's library director today after months of book censorship controversy.

arktimes.com

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@The_Shumater

2 months

Can somebody explain to me why my tax dollars are being used to expand a private Christian school attached to a church? #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Advocate

@ArkAdvocate

2 months

A private, Christian school in Fort Smith will expand because of increased interest in Arkansas’ school voucher program, the governor said Monday. Applications for new students opened this week as eligibility expands in the program's second year. #arpx

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@The_Shumater

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. @BlueHogReport Investigative Reporter at the Arkansas Times has a nice ring to it! Congrats to both Matt & @ArkTimes -- & woe betide those public officials playing fast & loose with the rules. #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

6 months

With her appointment of Christian nationalist @jasonrapert to state library board, @SarahHuckabee is accelerating the far-right's war on #Arkansas libraries. This board oversees state & federal aid for local libraries; we can expect that process to become hyper-politicized. #arpx

Arkansas Blog

@ArkansasBlog

6 months

What could go wrong? LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the following appointments State Library Board Jason Rapert, Conway, to the State Library Board. Term Expires October 18, 2029. Replaces Joan O’Neal.

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7 months

Here's the story, @alexahenning . Did Yoko Sanders get a rich friend to pay for a ranch for his use, with said friend then getting an appointment to a state commission? How much of his own money did Yoko put into this? Who is using it? Is the lectern buried there? #Arkansas #arpx

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6 months

Pentagon figures show that US aid to #Ukraine has pumped more than $1.2B into #Arkansas 's economy, more than any other state on a per capita basis. Slava Ukraini, y'all. #arpx

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8 months

. @SarahHuckabee on why she didn't use $19K lectern at today's news conference: "I figure if I do, then you would talk about nothing else." So, does that mean you're never going to use a lectern that you paid $19K for? #lecterngate #Arkansas #arpx

Samantha Boyd

@samanthaboyd98

8 months

#NEWS : @SarahHuckabee response to not using the lectern (which is currently under audit said to be welcomed by the governor) in today's press conference: @KARK4News @FOX16News @CapitolViewAR #arpx

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5 months

#Vouchers are a civic wrong. We should ensure that taxpayer money goes to support public schools, rather subsidizing options for high-income parents who already have choices. #Arkansas #arpx #arleg #arnews

The Reform Alliance

@1ReformAlliance

5 months

Education is a civil right! We must ensure that every student has the option to access a quality education through school choice. #ChooseEd #SchoolChoice #EducationRights

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@The_Shumater

7 months

I've been followed by George Conway. For those of us who enjoy being snarky on Twitter, that's a bit like being blessed by the Pope. Thanks, @gtconway3d

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@The_Shumater

15 days

Question raised by this story on Gov. Sanders: With the exception of @BlueHogReport 's cover story in @ArkTimes , why haven't more #Arkansas media outlets taken a broad, deep, home-grown look at these 17 months of chaos, like @politico did? #Arkansas #arpx

‘A Governor Who Doesn’t Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ increasing number of critics think she’s too worried about her national profile.

www.politico.com

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6 months

#Arkansas has 2nd lowest WIC coverage among states, lowest for kids younger than 4, and highest level of food insecurity. These are problems our leaders could tackle if they weren't busy fighting pointless culture wars.

Arkansas’ WIC coverage rate second-lowest in nation in 2021, report finds

Only 35% of Arkansans eligible for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, were enrolled in the program in 2021, the second-lowest coverage rate in...

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@The_Shumater

7 months

Refusing to show us the lectern is causing @SarahHuckabee increasing & lasting political damage. But she's appears to have concluded that the damage from actually showing us the lectern would be even worse. Why is that? #Arkansas #lecterngate #arpx

Andrew DeMillo

@ademillo

7 months

Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway

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8 months

Today, I taught my reporting students how to make #FOIA requests - the next generation of leftist keyboard warriors! As an example, I whipped up a request for Yoko Sanders' expenses for his journeys across the state park system. Will be sending shortly. #Arkansas #arpx

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2 months

#Lecterngate audit: Staffer in Gov. Sanders's office shredded bill of lading for lectern, in possible violation of state law. Staff told auditors shredding was "inadvertent" #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

1 month

Gas was cheaper in 2020 because we were all sheltering in place to avoid a deadly disease -- which Donald Trump thought we could cure with horse medicine and Lysol.

Gov. Mike Huckabee

@GovMikeHuckabee

1 month

As of today, $3.68 a gallon for regular gas. That’s 62 cents higher than in January, making this the most expensive week for gas so far in 2024. But I have full confidence that Joe can outdo that. FYI: The average price during Trump’s last year in office was $2.17 a gallon.

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1 month

Democratic 2022 governor nominee @JonesForAR has retained @TomMarsLaw , who plans to file defamation suit against Senate Republican leader @BartHester over tweet accusing Jones of "taking a Pro Hamas Terrorist position." @BlueHogReport reports in @ArkTimes . #Arkansas #arpx

Matt Campbell

@BlueHogReport

1 month

"So, it looks like Hester’s defamatory, racist tweet — and his complete refusal to retract the comment and apologize — has earned the senator a first-class seat on the Find Out Express."

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@The_Shumater

3 months

. @TPM is asking pointed questions about @SarahHuckabee 's high-profile Super Bowl excursion like, 'Who paid for the tickets?' & 'How much did this trip cost #Arkansas taxpayers?' As usual, governor's office isn't providing answers. #arpx

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2 months

Pretty positive we're not going to run out of "groceries, pharmacy items, medical equipment, goods, commodities, fuel, poultry, livestock and feed" due to an event that lasts 4 minutes -- unless the Eclipse Rapture takes all our cows away. #Arkansas #arpx

KARK 4 News

@KARK4News

2 months

Gov. Sanders declares state of emergency ahead of eclipse

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@The_Shumater

4 months

If @SarahHuckabee @TomCottonAR & @rep_stevewomack are seriously interested in a solution to the border crisis, they should welcome this initiative by #JoeBiden . Or are really they more interested in using the border as a divisive political issue? #Arkansas #arpx

President Biden

@POTUS

4 months

For everyone who is demanding tougher border control, this is the way to do it. Here's my full statement on border security negotiations:

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6 months

We who live in #Arkansas are chuckling mightily at the suggestion that Walmart is "woke" ... #arpx

Stephen Miller

@StephenM

6 months

Walmart is determined to absolutely screw over its customer base in middle America. Bud light was the last company to show such unvarnished contempt for its consumers.

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8 months

First two witnesses for the #lecterngate grand jury: Cassie Cantlon & Laura Hamilton. Followed by the person who approved payment at @ARGOP . The Apple Dumpling Gang in the governor's office seems to have left behind quite a trail .... #Arkansas #arpx

Jay Orsi

@JayOrsi

8 months

🧵1/6 Often there's nothing of much interest in FOIA responses. Other times you find what some people might call "evidence".🔥 Here's how to CYA when things feel cagey at work. I redacted Cassie's personal email she VERY smartly BCC'd herself on.⭐️ #Lecterngate #WhyAmIUpAt1AM

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@The_Shumater

7 months

. @SarahHuckabee administration using #FOIA exemption to block we the people from knowing details about Yoko Sanders's ranch deal, his shenanigans involving Buffalo River. So much to hide! #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

6 months

So, before he's even confirmed, @jasonrapert tells @samanthaboyd98 that he wants to strip funding from libraries that have successfully sued to block legislature's library censorship law. This includes @CALibrarySystem & libraries in Fayetteville, Eureka Springs. #Arkansas #arpx

Samantha Boyd

@samanthaboyd98

6 months

#NEWS : Gov. Sanders announced yesterday she’s appointing former state senator & lieutenant gov candidate Jason Rapert to the state library board. The board oversees local library funding. Rapert tells me he believes the board should consider suspending funds from any library

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@The_Shumater

3 months

In addition to the hardheartedness of @SarahHuckabee 's refusal to expand post-partum care for lower-income mothers, the bad politics are inexplicable. The cost is negligible; the headlines will live forever. Another unforced error by the Apple Dumpling Gang. #Arkansas #arpx

The Shumater

@The_Shumater

3 months

. @SarahHuckabee rules out expanding post-partum medical coverage for #Medicaid mothers from 60 days to 12 months, as 46 other states have done. #Arkansas has nation's highest rate of maternal mortality. #arpx #arleg

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@The_Shumater

6 months

Every single person who uses libraries in Jonesboro & Craighead Co. will now have less service & fewer choices, thanks to a war on the county library system launched by a small group of people who fear what they refuse to understand. #Arkansas #arpx #arleg #NotInMyArkansas

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

6 months

The Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will soon lose 13 employees because of major funding cuts approved last year by voters. At least one branch closure is expected. "It is horrible," Director Vanessa Adams said. "We lost half of our budget."

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@The_Shumater

6 months

In the Arkansas Poll conducted in Oct., 83% of Arkansans said they were satisfied/very satisfied with libraries. Politicizing libraries by appointing @jasonrapert to state library board is another unforced error by @SarahHuckabee #Arkansas #arpx #arleg

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@The_Shumater

21 days

This, all day ...

Dean MacDonald

@deanlmacjr

21 days

I live for an Arkansas where our public officials have better things to do than attack librarians and public school teachers. #arpx #ArLeg

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@The_Shumater

4 months

. @SarahHuckabee hired Joe Profiri to thumb her nose at the Board of Corrections after it fired him over his behavior. Now, she wants legislators to appropriate new money to pay his salary. Turns out hissy fits are even more expensive than lecterns! #Arkansas #arpx #lecterngate

Danny Shameer

@dshameer

4 months

As a special adviser in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office, fired Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri will make $201,699.89 a year. @MikeWickline reports. #ARNews #ARPX

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@The_Shumater

7 months

So your family is hungry, and you show up at a food bank to get some help ... only to be greeted by television cameras and publicity seeking politicians. #Arkansas #arpx

SnarkyMedia

@SnarkyMedia

7 months

The ArKKKansas governess exploits the needy for publicity purposes. Matthew 6:1

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@The_Shumater

10 months

To folks in @SarahHuckabee 's orbit chortling about LEARNS today: 54,000 people braved summer heat to go out and sign these petitions, ticked off by ill-considered "reforms" rammed through the legislature. You might want to pay attention to what you've stirred up. #Arkansas #arpx

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@The_Shumater

2 months

Putting aside for a moment the obvious conflict of interest, why does a federal judge (salary $243K) need a state subsidy - from we the taxpayers - to finance his kids' education? Perfect illustration of the perfidy of the #vouchers scam. #Arkansas #arpx

Arkansas Times

@ArkTimes

2 months

The federal judge assigned to a lawsuit challenging a section of Arkansas LEARNS will apply for a school voucher for his family under a program created by a different section of LEARNS. But he won't recuse from the case.

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4 months

The more I ponder @SarahHuckabee 's answer here, the more baffled I am. Surely she's not suggesting adoption & foster care as options for mothers needing post-partum care. But offering up a weird word salad, instead of an actual answer, opens up that interpretation. #Arkansas #arpx

The Shumater

@The_Shumater

4 months

. @margbrennan asks @SarahHuckabee why #Arkansas didn't extend post-partum care for new mothers. Instead of answering, she talks about adoption, foster care & bring-your-kids-to-work day at state govt. - none of which have anything to do with post-partum care for new mothers. #aprx

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@The_Shumater

2 months

Rep. Carol Dalby says she's "willing to put my hand on the Bible and swear as to the truth" that Rep. Danny Watson told her governor's office staffer dangled parole board seat to enlist his help to get Gov. Sanders ally into legislature. #Arkansas #arpx

Hope lawmaker denies report he dropped relection bid to seek seat on state Parole Board

State Rep. Danny Watson, R-Hope, on Wednesday called it "a flat out lie" for state Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, to charge that a senior staffer in Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office told Watson...

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@The_Shumater

7 months

I don't know about anybody else, but I'd be much more comfortable about Exxon's new lithium mine if @JonesforAR was in charge of its oversight. #Arkansas #arpx

Chris Jones

@JonesForAR

7 months

Arkansas sits on the planet’s largest known lithium reserves. This resource could be mined responsibly in a way that aids climate rescue AND brings generational economic transformation to families and communities in South Arkansas and the entire state. 1/2

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@The_Shumater

5 months

Next Up: Legislation to prevent the sun from rising in the west ...

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@The_Shumater

7 months

. @AsaHutchinson continues to speak truth to people who don't want to hear it. While sticking with this stand is admirable, and rare for a #Republican , I have to wonder why he continues to waste time trying to reach people who are beyond redemption. #Arkansas #arpx

Veronica Stracqualursi

@VeronicaStrac

7 months

Asa Hutchinson loudly booed at the Florida Freedom Summit for telling the crowd that “there is a significant likelihood that Donald Trump will be found guilty by a jury on a felony offense next year.”

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8 months

Holy Cannoli! Whistleblower inside @SarahHuckabee 's office, represented by @TomMarsLaw , alleges #podiumgate & other #FOIA records hidden, doctored; points finger at @alexahenning #Arkansas #arpx

Whistleblower says governor’s office illegally altered, withheld records related to podium purchase

Attorney Tom Mars said his client can prove that someone in Sanders' office altered and withheld documents that were requested through the Arkansas FOIA.

arktimes.com

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@The_Shumater

5 months

As #Wisconsin prosecutors ask questions about this treasonous fiasco, it's worth noting that @alexahenning worked for Sen. Ron Johnson at the time, before landing in #Arkansas to work for @SarahHuckabee . #arpx

Mark Jacob

@MarkJacob16

5 months

Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was a co-conspirator in the fake electors plot and needs to be charged with a crime.

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11 months

OK, we get it. #HunterBiden behaved badly when he was smoking crack. But #MarjorieTaylorGreene 's behavior is even worse, because it's in public and (so far as we know) she doesn't have crack as an explanation.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s explicit visuals at Hunter Biden hearing draw rebuke

Greene shows what appear to be explicit photos of the president's son, prompting derision from Democrats

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@The_Shumater

7 months

There has been a lot of great news this filing season, but Patty Hector running to seat on the Saline Co. Quorum Court that fired her tops the list. #Arkansas #arpx

The Indoctrinatrix

@gelderbailey

7 months

Fired by the Saline County Quorum Court over her refusal to remove books with LGBTQ+ characters, sex ed and racial themes from the youth section, former librarian Patty Hector is now running for office herself.👑 via @arktimes

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@The_Shumater

1 month

It looks like the feds may want a word with the #Arkansas state elections board over what it did yesterday ... #Arkansas #arpx

Tom Mars

@TomMarsLaw

1 month

ICYMI: The DOJ filed an amicus brief in 11th Circuit appeal asserting that “wet signature” requirement for FL voter registration violates the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

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1 month

If Gov. Sanders wants to demonstrate that she cares about maternal health, a great place to start would be extending post-partum care for mothers covered by #Medicaid . But thanks to her, #Arkansas is the only state that has refused to do so. #arpx

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

@SarahHuckabee

1 month

Today we kicked off the first meeting for the Strategic Committee on Maternal Health. As a mom, this issue is personal. I know these leaders will help us come up with solutions for healthier moms, healthier babies, and a healthier Arkansas.

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@The_Shumater

5 months

The reason state law requires a criminal justice faculty member from an #Arkansas university on the Board of Corrections is to provide needed expertise. @SarahHuckabee 's appointment of someone who barely meets this qualification clearly violates the spirit of this law. #arpx

Matt Campbell

@BlueHogReport

5 months

You know the guy Sarah Sanders appointed to the Board of Corrections last week? He has no criminal-justice degree, has some org management degrees from an online school in NY, & is woefully under-qualified compared to the last two to hold the position.

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@The_Shumater

7 months

Not a peep in @arkansasonline today about #lecterngate bill of lading, or following up on @ABC report that whistleblower has met with auditors & @TomMarsLaw has talked to feds. So much to ignore! #arpx

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@The_Shumater

5 months

If #Arkansas voters approve a ballot question requiring private schools getting state money to follow the same standards as public schools & meet minimum state standards, #Republican legislators will repeal #vouchers so fast it will make our heads spin. #arpx

Arkansas Blog

@ArkansasBlog

5 months

Good news. Announcement of initiative to mitigate the worst part of the voucher law and protect public education. Equal treatment of public and private schools? Sarah and the Billionaires will howl.

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