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Attorney General’s office to buy Boyle Building at Capitol and Main

by Griffin Coop August 8, 2023 5:25 pmJuly 1, 2024 5:30 am

State Attorney General Tim Griffin said purchasing the building will save taxpayers money.

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Lawmakers hear tales of arson and assault from last year’s Pope County casino ballot initiative fight

by Austin Gelder July 6, 2023 5:56 pmMarch 20, 2024 1:09 am

Arkansas legislators are seizing on reports of dirty tricks and intimidation from a 2022 battle over a Pope County casino as a reason to restrict the ballot initiative process.

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CALS votes to sue over censorship law, opposition fails to show

by Griffin Coop May 25, 2023 5:25 pmMarch 20, 2024 1:08 am

The Central Arkansas Library System will file a federal lawsuit next week over a censorship law that targets libraries. Opponents had put out a siren call on Facebook this week, but it seems not many were listening.

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Ethics complaint surfaces in long-running legal fight over Pope County casino permit

by Max Brantley January 5, 2023 9:42 amMarch 20, 2024 1:04 am

Add an ethics complaint to the four-year-old battle over a casino permit in Pope County.

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Griffin, Gibson agree that abortion exceptions are needed in Arkansas, but still argue

by Debra Hale-Shelton October 19, 2022 12:54 pmMarch 20, 2024 1:01 am

The candidates for attorney general — Republican Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and Democrat Jesse Gibson — agreed today that Arkansas’ stringent abortion ban needs exceptions for victims of rape and incest but parted ways on whether the U.S. Supreme Court went too far in overturning the constitutionally protected right to abortion.