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Jon Woods makes his case for conviction reversal

The attorney for former Sen. Jon Woods filed his brief this week with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging Woods' conviction for taking bribes.
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Hutchinson trial in Missouri delayed until 2021

As expected, a federal magistrate in Missouri has delayed the trial of former Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson and others on public corruption charges because of the complexity of the case.
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Hank Wilkins' sentencing delayed again

The sentencing of former Democratic Sen. Hank Wilkins of Pine Bluff in a public funds bribery case has again been delayed.

Gilbert Baker enters plea, allowed to be free until trial

Former Republican Sen. Gilbert Baker, accused of conspiring to bribe then-Judge Mike Maggio to lower a jury verdict in a nursing home negligence case, pleaded not guilty in federal court today and was allowed to remain free pending trial.
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Nursing home-to-judiciary money trail: Bribery case links to Supreme Court justice

Nursing home spending on judicial racers is back front and center with news that the U.S. prosecutors' evidence against accused briber Gilbert Baker includes the record of text messages between him and a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Gilbert Baker indicted in Maggio bribe case UPDATED

Rumors circulating earlier this week were true: Former state Sen. Gilbert Baker has been indicted by a federal grand jury
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Real estate listing removed for Rusty Cranford's million-dollar Florida beach house

As former lobbyist Rusty Cranford awaits sentencing on federal corruption charges, what will become of the $1.1 million beach house in Osprey, Florida, that Cranford purchased in October 2015?

State to seek repayment from Ecclesia College. At last.

Doug Thompson reported in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today that the state Finance and Administration Department has asked Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to sue to recover at least $600,000 of the $700,000 in tax money sent to the private Ecclesia College in a scheme orchestrated by legislators who took kickbacks from the money. It's about time.
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Ted Suhl's appeal has friend in conservative lawyer James Bopp

Ted Suhl, the former operator of behavioral health agencies in Arkansas who is now serving a federal prison sentence for bribing a state Human Services official, has picked up a prominent friend in his request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear his appeal. It's an organization founded by lawyer James Bopp, a legal architect of the Citizens United decision that opened the flow of corporate money into politics and other legal efforts to weaken disclosure requirements on political spending.

Preferred Family Healthcare seeking buyer for Arkansas operations

Preferred Family Healthcare, one of largest behavioral health providers in the state, confirmed through a spokesman Wednesday morning that "it is in negotiations with an Arkansas organization to potentially acquire all of [PFH's] non-contractual services in Arkansas."
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Sentencing set for four in Ecclesia College kickback case

Federal Judge Timothy Brooks has set sentencing on four days in September for four men convicted in the scheme to pay kickbacks out of state General Improvement Fund money guided to, particularly, Ecclesia College in Springdale.

Governor edges into ethics

Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke today to the Arkansas Bar Association and proposed a couple of small improvements in ethics law. He could have gone further.
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