@JSnyderAR

LEARNS Act reporter for @arkansasonline | Politics, education, community development | Reformed desert dweller 🌵

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Steve Goff@sgoff1224 Sep 2024
It's a big day for Arkansas. The statue of country music icon Johnny Cash will be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol. @AlexHouseThomas will cover the event, and a livestream of the ceremony begins at 10 a.m. Central at @ArkansasOnline. arkansasonline.com/news/2024…

Red carpet out for Man in Black: Sculptor, lawmakers await Capitol welcome for Johnny Cash statue |...

WASHINGTON -- Whatever Kevin Kresse's next artistic piece may be, he knows it will be hard to top having a statue in the U.S. Capitol. Kresse, of Little Rock, learned three years ago he had been...

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Alexa Henning, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' spokeswoman, is departing the governor's office after roughly a year and a half in that role. Read more from @MikeWickline: arkansasonline.com/news/2024…

Communications director Alexa Henning leaving governor’s office | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' communications director, Alexa Henning, is departing the governor's office after slightly more than a year and a half as Sanders' chief spokesperson.

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Democratic Leader Tippi McCullough asks if video post by Gov last night on X in response to lectern audit was appropriate. Deere said it was meant to be tounge cheek. Was made by member of gov staff, but not during work time or with state equipment, Deere said.
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Replying to @ArkansasOnline
@arkansasonline is at today’s Legislative Joint Auditing meeting. There, lawmakers will discuss auditors’ report on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders office’s purchase of a $19,000 lectern. Follow along here.
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Legislative auditors and the gov’s office have disagreed whether latter is a “state agency” under the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law (GABPL). House Chair Jimmy Gazaway asked Deputy AG Ryan Owsley if the question may have to be decided by a court. Owsley agreed.
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Rep. Robin Lundstrum asked if the manner in which the lectern was purchased could be a “simple, honest mistake.” Judd Deere, deputy chief of staff for the governor’s office, rejected this: “This was not a mistake. The podium was a legitimate purchase.”
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Danny Shameer@dshameer15 Jan 2024
rtesy Google Street View & 360) Hope Baking Co. has announced a $37 million expansion that is projected to create 266 new jobs. arkansasonline.com/news/2024…

Hope Baking sets plan for expansion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Hope Baking Co. announced Thursday a $37 million expansion that is projected to create 266 new jobs over two years.

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Low- and middle-income families in Arkansas face a heavier burden due to the state's tax structure, a new report states. From @AlexHouseThomas » arkansasonline.com/news/2024…

Report ranks Arkansas 9th in tax regressivity | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WASHINGTON -- Arkansas' tax structure places a heavier burden on low- and middle-income families, according to a recently released report, with the state's tax system ranked among the most regressive...

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In Arkansas, @josephtflaherty revealed a mayor’s cozy deal with a firm that was in line to get a contract from the municipal airport commission. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

As deal stalled at Little Rock Airport Commission, public-relations exec quietly sought piece of...

A Little Rock public relations executive last year quietly pursued a partnership with a firm that was set to get an airport advertising contract as the deal appeared to be stalled at the Little Rock...

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NEW: A revised framework for AP African American studies has been released by College Board. Arkansas' Dept. of Education sparked national media attention in August when it removed the class from its course code listings. What's in the updated framework: arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

AP African American studies course’s new framework released; pilot previously removed from Arkans...

The national College Board that is producing an AP African American studies course released its revised framework for the class Wednesday morning, following months of what the nonprofit called...

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Danny Shameer@dshameer24 Nov 2023
Prosecutors have dismissed charges against six people after the resignation of a Northwest Arkansas police officer. Dozens of other cases are in jeopardy. @NWATracy reports. tinyurl.com/4zafrbx9 #ARNews #ARcrime
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Bill Bowden@billbowden26 Nov 2023
For 50 years, the federal government was the bogeyman of the Buffalo River. But a new controversy is shifting rural distrust to state government and wealthy "outsiders" in Bentonville. arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

Buffalo River rift shifts ire from D.C. to Arkansas | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

For the past 50 years, the prevailing target of government distrust in the Ozark Mountains has been Washington, D.C. But a dispute over the Buffalo National River seems to be shifting the dynamic.

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The end of major pandemic-era funding for child care providers hasn’t hurt Arkansas as badly as other states — but experts say the state/federal gov’t should still up spending on the industry. How Arkansas avoided the cliff + where we can go from here » arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

‘Child care cliff’ to have limited effect on Arkansans, but access still a problem for some,...

Arkansas has seen only limited problems in the month and a half since pandemic-era funding ended for child care programs across the United States, despite early and widespread concern over its...

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Speaking of wellness: If you haven't kept up with food insecurity in Arkansas check out @danielmcfadin's excellent story on a recent USDA report. It lists our state as the worst in the nation for food insecurity » arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

USDA study finds Arkansas worst state when it comes to food insecurity | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas ranks as the worst state in the country when it comes to food insecurity, according to a study put out Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Steve Goff@sgoff1217 Sep 2023
Former legislator @NateBell4AR and attorney @DavidCouchAR are forming a group to try to enshrine the state's FOIA law into the state constitution. Read more @neal_earley at @ArkansasOnline. #arpx #arnews #FOIA arkansasonline.com/news/2023…

Plan underway to put constitutional amendment on ballot to strengthen Arkansas’ Freedom of Inform...

Former state legislator Nate Bell and attorney David Couch said they will form a group to enshrine the state's sunshine law into the Arkansas Constitution.

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Danny Shameer@dshameer4 Sep 2023
Those reduced-price school meals? Now, they’re free for eligible elementary and secondary school students in Arkansas. @howelloman and @mikewickline report. arkansasonline.com/news/2023… #ARnews

New law expands free school meals in state | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Legislation passed earlier this year is easing expenses for thousands of Arkansas public school families whose children are typically eligible for reduced-price school meals.

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Washington reporter Alex Thomas is launching a new series, "Arkies in the Beltway," an inside look at D.C. politics affecting the Natural State. Follow us and @AlexHouseThomas for updates.
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