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Judge dismisses Arkansas Times reporter's FOIA lawsuit against governor on procedural grounds

Matt Campbell said he plans to refile the lawsuit, which challenged the governor's use of the FOIA's "working papers" exemption to refuse the release of certain records.
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State employee’s email says governor’s assistant was told to modify invoice

Somebody in the governor's office apparently instructed state employees to misleadingly alter a three-month-old invoice, with specific instructions to not date the change. Who?
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Blue Hog Matt Campbell is joining Arkansas Times staff, so look out

Campbell's move to the Arkansas Times will give his important reporting an even larger platform. We're proud to have him on our team!

Does it matter if the Arkansas governor's office meddled in podiumgate FOIA responses?

Despite Sanders and company's insistence that the furor around the $19,029.25 expenditure of public money arose from a mere accounting error, podiumgate includes serious accusations that the state's government transparency law was flouted.
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Who was on those plane flights that led the governor to enter panic mode? Matt Campbell has answers.

The passenger names on Sanders' plane flight logs have been revealed, no thanks to the governor or the state police.

One of those hush-hush LEARNS 'town halls' is scheduled for Heber Springs Tuesday

The governor and education secretary head to Heber Springs to talk LEARNS tomorrow. Oh, you didn't know?
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Blue Hog starts sniffing on first gent Bryan Sanders' staff

The still-unfolding story about Mike Mills' departure from the state Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism has churned up a number of spinoffs. Such as: Why is the first gentleman's chief of staff the governor's liaison to the parks department?

NBC News takes deep dive into the case of rapist Barry Walker and efforts to protect him over the years

NBC News' Lewis Kamb has taken an in-depth look at the sordid case of a former south Arkansas physician, Barry Walker, who was convicted last year of raping or sexually molesting 31 children.
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Blue Hog Report looks further into a prosecutor's background and finds another problem

Blue Hog Report's Matt Campbell has delved further into Prosecuting Attorney Jana Bradford's background and found more disturbing information.

Blue Hog Report exposes more problems with Prosecutor Bradford; more relatives in trouble

Blue Hog Report's Matt Campbell is focusing his legal and investigative skills on a  south Arkansas prosecutor who tried to protect her child-rapist uncle while she was a deputy prosecutor. As if that weren't bad enough, Blue Hog's investigation of 9th District West Prosecuting Attorney Jana Bradford also shows she accepted illegal campaign contributions.
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Ethics Commission will consider complaint about Mayor Frank Scott's use of police while campaigning

The rest of the story on the contract that Mayor Frank Scott tried to keep secret

A city director says a small but controversial contract could have turned into something much bigger of voter hadn't killed the mayor's sales tax increase.
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