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Republican Party openly endorses a partisan for Arkansas Supreme Court

It's official. The Arkansas Republican Party has abandoned the notion that judicial races should be non-partisan.
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Baker bribery case update: More legislative influence-peddling recounted by former UCA president Tom Courtway

The story of Gilbert Baker's hiring and firing at UCA is another story of special interest influence at the Arkansas legislature.
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Constitutional amendments: The business lobby hopes to be served a double helping

A telephone survey identifies two favorites for the constitutional amendments to be proposed by the Arkansas legislature. Bad news for injured people, naturally.

The lineup is lengthy for proposed constitutional amendments

You have to look hard to find good ideas.
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Looking out for business, not people in Arkansas

Governor Hutchinson issued an executive order protecting employers from suits by employees who believe they contracted COVID-19 at work.

Can the governor do what he just did? Constitutionally or legally, no.

If the law counts, the governor couldn't get away with his executive orders yesterdayl
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Speaking of tort reform: Ernest Dumas writes that the Supreme Court is at work on it and the end of deference to state regulators

Thanks to a politicized Supreme Court, the business lobby may be en route to upending the "administrative state" and achieving protection from lawsuits, too.

Update: Business lobby raising cash for Supreme Court seat, says it's cheaper than tort reform amendment

Lobbyist raising cash to elect Barbara Webb to Supreme Court says it's cheaper than passing a tort reform amendment.
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Tort reform, or limits on lawsuit damages, is back

It's back, the perennial effort by the business lobby to limit damages that can be assessed when people are injured by negligence, malpractice and other wrongs.

Counting the uncountable votes on ballot issues UPDATE: Lots of opposition to Issue One

Thanks to some misleading politicking by Republican Sen. Trent Garner I learned that some information is available about ballot issues — lawsuit limits and term limits — removed from the ballot by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court upholds removal of Issue One from the ballot; clears minimum wage proposal

The Arkansas Supreme Court dealt the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce two major defeats today. 1) It upheld a lower court ruling striking Issue One, the lawsuit limit and court takeover amendment, from the ballot. 2) It declined a petition signature challenge against the proposal to raise the minimum wage.

The LR mayor candidates on the big ballot issues

Some big elections face voters this year, including the hot race for Little Rock mayor and, depending on court actions, as many as five very big statewide ballot issues. I decided to sample the five mayoral candidates on the ballot issues. In the end, the big three candidates — Frank Scott Jr., Warwick Sabin and Baker Kurrus — were more alike than different.
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