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Hutchinson announces new boss at Alcoholic Beverage Control

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has named Doralee Chandler as new director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control administration to succeed Mary Robin Casteel, who's going to the governor's staff as chief legal counsel. She'll oversee regulation of the alcohol and medical marijuana business.
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Faulkner County word association: Follow the money to Fort Smith

Follow the money in Faulkner County to Fort Smith nursing home tycoon Michael Morton, who's spent tens of thousands to elect judicial candidates and is currently betting heavily on the Republican candidate for attorney general.
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All over but the judging

Happy day. Unless there's a runoff somewhere out in the state, judicial elections are over for another year.

Primary roundup: An election for the ages awaits in November

With primary races done, a general election for the ages awaits Arkansas in November. Some high and low lights from Tuesday night's events.
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Nursing home spending doesn't stop at Arkansas Supreme Court races

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today did a thorough look at nursing home spending, particularly by Fort Smith magnate Michael Morton, a subject we've been reporting about on the Arkansas Blog for months. Too bad they stopped at the Supreme Court, particularly on a day when they featured the hot races for judgeships in Faulkner County.

Good morning Arkansas. The blogger returns with more thoughts on money's influence on judicial races

Max Brantley returns to the Arkansas Blog after a long vacation. Some thoughts on politics bubble to the top, along with a travel photo from Portugal.
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The real story about the judicial system in Arkansas

The big story isn't campaign finance funny business except to the extent that it reflects a much larger story about justice in Arkansas. Gilbert Baker and co. have worked for year in the employ of forces who want to make it harder to sue for damages in Arkansas courts: the so-called "tort reform" campaign of big business.

Ethics complaint filed on contributions to Mike Maggio campaign; nursing home money continues to pile up in judicial races

The Democrat-Gazette's Debra Hale-Shelton continues to dig up new information on the suspicious campaign finance activity that funneled money into the now-aborted Court of Appeals campaign of Judge Mike Maggio of Conway. The latest is an ethics complaint by a family on the wrong side of a court ruling by Maggio in a nursing home negligence case. But the nursing home-judicial election nexus doesn't end there.
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Democrat-Gazette omits key element of Mike Maggio story

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today reported on the coincidence of timing of an extraordinary ruling in a nursing home case by Circuit Judge Mike Maggio and the establishment of PACs for contributions to Maggio by the owner of that nursing home. The article did not mention that Blue Hog Report broke this story, a significant omission.
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