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.
Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson Thursday filed a one-sentence letter saying that she would recuse from the case in which opponents of the casino gambling amendment are trying to have it disqualified for an insufficient ballot title and flawed signature-gathering.
The state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission today released letters it had sent to four Arkansas Supreme Court justices informing them that an investigation had concluded with a finding no ethical rules were violated by the protracted delay in handling of an expedited appeal of Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the ban on same-sex marriage.
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah distributed a farwell letter today marking the end of his judicial service. He'll be succeeded tomorrow for the remainder of his term, through 2016, by gubernatorial appointee Howard Brill.