This afternoon a text message was sent to parents of an Arkansas private school eliciting stories of “how EFAs have helped Arkansas families.” According to the source who provided this…
On November 20th, Sarah Sanders announced her appointment of former state Senator Jason Rapert to the Arkansas State Library Board. There’s no beating around the bush here: this would be…
Leaders jettison city’s chance to join affordable housing development Bentonville city councilwoman Beckie Seba thinks government investment in affordable housing is “socialism.” After lengthly monologues imbued with shallow compassion and…
The Arkansas Department of Education lowered disability standards for its EFA applications, allowing private school families to use LEARNS vouchers up to two years early. Ninety-five percent of the 4,975…
What is going on in Drew County? If you’ve ever needed a story to prove why local elections matter, this is it. We’re hearing a lot about corruption, racism, and…
It looks like #podiumgate has turned into a full-fledged bonfire. On Friday afternoon, the Arkansas Times reported that attorney Tom Mars (former attorney for Gov. Mike Huckabee, so hardly a…
Sarah Sanders has some explaining to do. The essential question of #podiumgate is this: Did the governor use the expensive purchase of a custom lectern to toss tax dollars to…
Taxpayer oversight is key to preventing abuse of spending; it’s no wonder Sanders hates the Freedom of Information Act. TL:DR; Our Governor has had a few problems crop up lately. …
Special session starts today, with an agenda that includes anti-vaccine rhetoric, tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and the star of the show, the demise of Arkansas’s historically strong FOIA law….
Senate President Bart Hester once weaponized FOIA to help control the Governor’s narrative. Now he’s gutting FOIA to help control her narrative again. Sanders and her Arleg loyalists claim the…