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Now that the legislative session is over, I'll be taking my news & commentary mostly to Bluesky, although I'll be here periodically to promote my Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column. Many thanks to my followers. If you're on Bluesky, I'd appreciate a follow. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews #arleg

My latest column in @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas legislators' assaults on civil liberties do nothing to improve the lives of ordinary Arkansans - and play fast & loose with the pledge they took to uphold the Constitution. #Arkansas #arpx #arleg #ARnews arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/09/per…

My Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: Assaults on civil liberties & democracy in Arkansas' recent legislative session won't improve the lives of ordinary Arkansans; they will only waste money on litigation that could be better spent on things that would. #arleg #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/09/per…

My latest Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: How Arkansas Republicans' played fast & loose with their oaths of office by infringing on civil liberties, targeting marginalized groups, eroding church-state separation, limiting speech & squashing democracy. #arpx #ARnews arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/09/per…

My latest column in Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas Republican congressmen's delight at passage of budget reconciliation bill ignores the threat it poses to health care & food assistance, as well as our state budget & rural hospitals. #arpx #arnews arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/28/the…

My latest column in Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com: How Medicaid cuts in House reconciliation bill would threaten Arkansas' financially struggling rural hospitals & jeopardize Medicaid expansion, which has been an unqualified success since it passed in 2013. #arpx #arnews buff.ly/1KTd6tO

My latest column in Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com: 35 of 54 rural hospitals in Arkansas are losing money; 10 are in imminent danger of closing. Medicaid changes in House reconciliation bill could push them over a cliff. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/28/the…

There's no evidence of fraud, and nothing the legislature did will prevent fraud. But, by all means, keep baffling us with ... baloney ...

In my latest column in Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com, I reflect on Saturday's "No Kings" marches, where anger & despair were channeled into determination and joy -- and consider whether organized protest can reverse America’s slide into authoritarianism. #Arkansas #arpx bit.ly/45uRmSz

My latest @arkadvocate column on No Kings protests: After months of frustration & powerlessness, Arkansans found catharsis & energy in marching across a bridge or standing in front of a small-town courthouse. Bearing witness is its own reward. #Arkansas bit.ly/45uRmSz

My @arkadvocate column: If protest is an antidote for despair, the “No Kings” protests — which let people use social media to organize events in their own towns, big and small — allowed Arkansans to plug in to something greater than themselves. #arpx bit.ly/45uRmSz

Thanks, Arkansas Times, for republishing my Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column reflecting on the #NoKings protests in Arkansas. #arpx #arnews arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

My latest Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: With universal eligibility pushing costs toward $300M a year, Gov. Sanders' vouchers program has become a giant maw gobbling up taxpayer dollars that will soon force Arkansas legislators to make some tough choices. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/07/fre…

My latest @arkadvocate column: Gov. Sanders vouchers' plan has become a voracious consumer of taxpayer dollars -- with more than $374 million spent in the first 3 years — on a project that hasn’t, doesn’t & won’t improve a single public school. #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/07/fre…

My latest Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: Gov. Sanders' school vouchers are being used to pay for cooking classes, ninja warrior training & krav maga. Which begs the question, why are hardworking Arkansas taxpayers footing the bill for any of this? #ARpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/07/fre…

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My new Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: Little Rock & Conway rush toward decades of corporate welfare to land $1B data center, negotiating in secret without due consideration as to whether this is wise, necessary or if economic benefits justify the costs. #Arkansas arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/30/two…

My new Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column: Little Rock & Conway charge into the data gold rush, negotiating secret tax breaks as they compete for $1B data center. But prospectors who rush into the goldfields in haste often wind up with more regrets than gold. #Arkansas arkansasadvocate.com/2025/07/30/two…

Thanks, Arkansas Times, for republishing my Arkansas Advocate || bsky @arkansasadvocate.com column exploring economic development tax breaks and the corporate welfare they create. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…