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Doyle Webb announces for lieutenant governor Doyle Webb announces for lieutenant governor Former Republican Party chair Doyle Webb of Benton has announced as a candidate for lieutenant governor, joining Sen. Jason Rapert and Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe in the GOP primary race. Advertisement I’d guess this suggests an end to lobbying by assorted Republicans to encourage Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to drop her primary race for governor and clear the field for presumptive favorite Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Webb, of late, had been making $150,000 a year working on legislative redistrict...

For the prosecution: Arkansas Supreme Court votes 4-3 April 8, 202110:26 am The Arkansas Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision to deny post-conviction relief to a man convicted of first-degree murder has interesting aspects. Emmitt Riley, convicted in Drew County, was 59 when he shot Josh Martin, 26, during a fight. Riley shot Martin after Martin had already broken his ankle. He shot him once, despite having plenty of ammo, and called the police. Riley contended he acted in self-defense. He contended the court had failed to instruct the jury on a lesser charge of second-degree murder. A lower court ...

The lineup is lengthy for proposed constitutional amendments The lineup is lengthy for proposed constitutional amendments The Arkansas legislature may propose three constitutional amendments every two years (or a fourth if it pertains to their salaries). The deadline for filing proposals passed this week and produced 43 proposals. Advertisement Here are the 25 proposed in House Joint Resolutions. My particular favorite of the bad ones: A final solution for judicial elections from Rep. Robin Lundstrum. Judges are now elected on a non-partisan basis. This is a result of a drive begun by the t...

Arkansas legislative district lines to be redrawn after census data is released Share Updated: 6:42 PM CST Feb 3, 2021 Share Updated: 6:42 PM CST Feb 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ON WHEN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE NEW LINES DRAWN UP. ((KENDALL)) DOYLE WEBB SAYS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC; THE STATE WON'T RECEIVE THE CENSUS DATA UNTIL JULY. HE SAYS AS OF NOW, THE REDISTRICTING TEAM IS ASKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE RE-DRAWING THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LINES. ((TAKE PKG)) (Doyle Webb, Redistricting Director for Arkansas Attorney General) "I think the key that allows us th...

Court filings last week gives me the answer to my question that new Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb declined to answer: Webb doesn’t intend to recuse from cases in which a party is Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who recently hired her husband Doyle Webb at $150,000 to be director of the office’s work on legislative redistricting. The last attorney general used existing staff and brought in no one else to work on apportionment. Advertisement Here’s one of three identical filings by Webb last week in cases in which the attorney general’s office was a party: Advertiseme...