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'Attorney General Dustin McDaniel'

Clarksville superintendent now thinks McDaniel wrong on gun opinion

Dr. David Hopkins, superintendent of the Clarksville School District, called today to say that after further study he's convinced Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's opinion on arming of school district staff members is wrong and Clarksville will challenge that interpretation if a state regulatory agency sides with McDaniel.
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Shoot-don't shoot: The politics of arming school staff

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel set off a flurry of news stories and political eruptions with his office's issuance of an official opinion that Arkansas law doesn't allow public school districts to use the artifice of training staff as private security guards to enable them to carry weapons on campus.
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Attorney general says school districts can't arm teachers under private guard law

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has just thrown a wrinkle in plans by school districts to use the private security guard licensing law as a means of arming teachers and staff as security.

UPDATE Dustin McDaniel calls for state discussion on "broken" death penalty process

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel spoke to the state's sheriffs in Fort Smith this morning and dipped his toe into a potentially huge and emotional topic — the death penalty.
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Attorney general disputes theory that legislature passed open carry gun law by inference

The gun zealots will be disappointed. And one of them will now have to force an arrest to test a now-disputed theory in court.

McDaniel rejects another try at medical marijuana initiative

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has rejected yet another attempt to rewrite a new medical marijuana initiative proposal.
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McDaniel fights for anti-abortion forces

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is just doing his job — defending the unconstitutional state law that banned most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy.

McDaniel announces air test results in Mayflower oil spill homes

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced results of air tests in 14 homes in Mayflower in the area of spill of Canadian tar sands crude from the ruptured ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline.
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Dustin McDaniel reports misuse of campaign money

I don't have all the details yet, but my attention was pointed to the recent campaign finance report filed by the now-defunct gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.

Gov. Mike Beebe vetoes Voter ID bill

Gov. Mike Beebe has vetoed SB 2, the Republican-backed Voter ID bill.
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Well, the attorney general HAS had diversions

A communication this morning from Paul Spencer, the teacher volunteering as leader of the Regnat Populus movement to improve the state ethics law by curbing corporate contributions and ending freebies for pblic officials from lobbyists.

UPDATE: Morning roundup: Casino, med center merger, death of native musician

A couple of items from the morning mail and web review: * BALLOT QUESTION ISSUE UNSOLVED: AP's Andrew DeMillo writes this week about how the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling striking a casino amendment from the ballot underscores the failure of a law intended to avoid last-minute challenges of ballot measures.
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