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ADVERTISEMENT Diversity advocates will keep on despite legislative setbacks, they say Diversity advocates undaunted, they say by Doug Thompson | Today at 3:40 a.m. Attendees hold up banners and signs June 24 during a trans rights march that started at the Walton Arts Center and ended at the Town Center Plaza in downtown Fayetteville. The march and rally was intended to increase visibility and empower transgender, nonbinary, gender-variant and gender-nonconforming people to come out, as well as protest the state legislature's passage of laws that are considered by some to be anti-trans. The ev...

A modest bright spot in the horror show: Defeat of Garner bill to punish Democratic Party A surprise in the Senate this afternoon: The defeat of SB 684 to freeze filing fees for candidates for political office at 2020 levels and make them a part of state law, a move to negate the Democratic Party’s effort to lower its filing fees for legislature. Advertisement It was close. Needing 18 votes, the bill got 15.  A rare bipartisan defeat. Garner didn’t exactly tell the truth about this bill. He didn’t mention our filing fees are among the highest in the country and while many states do set...

For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers' concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving Covid-19 vaccination systems to land an appointment for their parents.

Arkansas House approves bill allowing educators to teach creationism in K-12 public schools Share Updated: 9:37 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 Share Updated: 9:37 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO TEACH CREATIONISM AS A THEORY OF HOW THE EARTH CAME TO EXIST SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL SAY IT WILL OPEN UP A DIALOGUE IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT I SPOKE WITH ONE TEACHER WHO SAYS ARKANSAS NEEDS TO FOCUS ON MORE IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION LEGISLATION. WHAT IF IT’S A TEACHER THAT’S MUSLIM OR A TEACHER? THAT’S JEWISH ...

Democracy all-stars fight back against Arkansas voting rights attacks April 6, 20212:30 pm Voting rights advocates rallied against bills that will make it harder to cast a ballot. Brian Chilson As lawmakers inside the Capitol juggled a laundry list of attacks on voting rights, a lively lunchtime crowd of voter advocates rallied outside for ballot access and fair elections. “Am I too old for civil disobedience?” asked Harvey Joe Sanner, a leather vest-wearing election commissioner from Prairie County who kicked off the rally. Sanner said...