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Arkansas lawmakers declined to vote Wednesday on proposed language in an appropriation bill that would have classified several executive branch offices as state “agencies” in light of a controversy over whether certain state purchasing laws apply to the governor’s office. An audit report made public last week found potential violations of several laws in the […] The post Arkansas lawmakers reject proposed language to clarify applicability of purchasing laws appeared f...

Arkansas lawmakers declined to vote Wednesday on proposed language in an appropriation bill that would have classified several executive branch offices as state “agencies” in light of a controversy over

Julie Mayberry takes a jab at Sarah Huckabee Sanders with an attempt to clarify that the rules apply to the governor, too.

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Legislation that would grant one-time stipends to full-time city and county law enforcement officers, state probation and parole officers and state troopers in the next fiscal year advanced Monday through a legislative panel.

Legislation that would grant one-time stipends to full-time city and county law enforcement officers, state probation and parole officers and state troopers in the next fiscal year advanced Monday through a legislative panel.

The Atlantic We Choose Our Cults Every Day Cultish, a new book by the linguist Amanda Montell, reveals how insidery language informs the communities of modern life. 11:35 AM ET Share Way back in January, I was idly thumbing through Instagram when I received a message that shook me like a nascent martini. “Did you hear that Taking Cara Babies donated to Trump?” a friend wrote. This sentence likely makes no sense to you, unless you’ve had a baby sometime in the past few years. Taking Cara B...