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'Susan Hutchinson'

UPDATE: House committee passes bill handing over child abuse money, oversight to nonprofit where first lady Susan Hutchinson sits on the board

A bill to change the way Arkansas responds to child abuse allegations passed a House committee under the watchful eye of Susan Hutchinson. Arkansas's first lady is a board member of Child Advocacy Centers of Arkansas, the private nonprofit to whom the bill grants substantial budgeting and oversight powers.
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Halloween tricks, treats and tracts at the Governor's Mansion

Trick-or-treaters got more than candy when they visited the Governor's Mansion Thursday night.
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Commencement 2018: First Lady gets notices

It's graduation season and I see on Facebook that Susan Hutchinson, wife of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, is receiving some notices for her commencement remarks this weekend at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs.

Hutchinson administration resists accountability in child rape case

After a nightmarish revelation about serial rapes by a state-approved foster parent, the Hutchinson administration, from the governor on down, resist talking about how it happened.
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Merry Christmas from the First Family: Still smelling rats

The First Lady smells a rat at the Governor's Mansion. More money must be spent.

What the Governor's Mansion flap says about the GOP era

Times columnist Ernie Dumas this weeks writes a useful overview of the great Governor's Mansion takeover story, with both historical references back to the Mansion's beginning, controversies through the years and what really drove the Hutchinson Administration's special session takeover. (Hint: It wasn't a rat problem.)
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Gov. Hutchinson names new Mansion Commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has swept out most of the old Governor's Mansion Commission with new appointees to serve on the largely neutered agency.

Democrat-Gazette joins us in digging up roots of Governor's Mansion takeover

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has discovered what we've been writing for some time — the legislation for the governor to take control of Governor's Mansion operation arose from tension between First Lady Susan Hutchinson and the commission over decorative decisions.
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Governor's Mansion rolls on: Takeover was all about control

Still more evidence mounts that control was the reason for legislation by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to strip the Governor's Mansion Commission of its power. Read more about the Hutchinson families artistic disagreements and also their desire to reduce public access to the building, including the Grand Hall built for that purpose.

The truth emerges on the Governor's Mansion takeover

Can we now agree Susan Hutchinson was behind the legislation to end a commission's control of the Governor's Mansion. It is one of several changes in past practice on Mansion operation.
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Governor's Mansion schedules fund-raising events

The Hutchinsons have schedujled some mansion money-raising events at the Capitol, perhaps a sign of increased gubernatorial control of the state housing. This also brings to mind the question of whether an official like Hutchinson can get away with diverting attention from office furniture expenses by saying they were paid with money from private contributors.

Gov. Hutchinson auctions dinner with the governor at Mansion for charity

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Brian Fanney reports on a subject that has been talked about lately — Gov. Asa Hutchinson's decision to break from past practice and allow charities to auction dinner with him at the Governor's Mansion
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