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Debra Hale-Shelton

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Writer, Dreamer, Feminist. I don’t give up.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/08/2025
NEW: A federal judge in Miami has ruled that operations at the controversial detention facility Alligator Alcatraz must begin to wind down, ordering state and federal officials to stop transferring detainees there and relocate current detainees within 60 days.
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Judge: Tear down Alligator Alcatraz within 60 days
"This decision sends a clear message that environmental laws must be respected by leaders at the highest levels of our government."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/08/2025
The president credits democracy superfan, Vladimir Putin, with the idea. Yes, really.
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Trump's promise to end vote-by-mail is yet another attack on disabled voters
The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/08/2025
Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect. According to a new peer-reviewed paper study, Idaho lost more than a third of its OBs—94 of 268 total—afterwards.
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Idaho lost one in three obstetricians after its abortion ban
New research confirms: Crackdowns on reproductive rights have harmful ripple effects across local health care.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/08/2025
Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered construction to be paused at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the first state-run immigrant detention center in the country, over concerns about environmental harm.
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Judge orders temporary halt to new construction at Alligator Alcatraz
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams came after a two-day hearing in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups and joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/08/2025
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
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Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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A believer in God and the First Amendment
I am a believer, not of all things, but I believe in God, the Bible and the separation of church and state.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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ACLU urges school districts to follow federal court ruling on Ten Commandments, not state law - Arkansas Times
Arkansas's Ten Commandments law is still in place for most school districts after a narrow court order on Monday.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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UPDATE: Federal judge stops Ten Commandments law from taking full effect pending lawsuit - Arkansas Times
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks came down just hours before the Arkansas law would have taken effect
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Trump has misread his base a few times in the past - he bragged about Warp Speed on vaccines at a couple rallies and got jeered, but he backed off quick & stopped talking about it. But now he is misreading them bigly on Epstein & farm worker visas - which aren’t trivial to them.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
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David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Conway interim superintendent gets contract with interesting prohibition arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Conway interim superintendent gets contract with interesting prohibition - Arkansas Times
No side hustles allowed.
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/07/2025
Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the US to a troubling milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago
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Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US | CNN
There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Ann Patchett, Amy Bloom, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/b...
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Ann Patchett, Amy Bloom, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort (Published 2020)
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Mary Lou Fraser Gargas @loulou712203.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
He’s pure sleaze.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/07/2025
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.
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As EPA reconsiders asbestos ban, Indiana man with asbestosis gets lifesaving lung transplant
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/07/2025
Since 2021, the Arkansas Legislature has passed more laws targeting so-called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives than any other state, according to a new report from public policy firm Pleiades Strategy. #arpx #arleg
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Arkansas leads nation in number of anti-ESG laws after 2025 session | Arkansas Advocate
Since 2021, the Arkansas Legislature has passed more legislation targeting so-called environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives than any other state in the United States,…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/07/2025
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. trib.al/CIBxpaX
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Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Conway School Board moves on after buying out superintendent's contract - Arkansas Times
A Conway School Board member offered apologies for not listening more to teachers' frustrations. Collum is to have his office cleared out by close of business Monday.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Conway School Board agrees to buy out superintendent's contract - Arkansas Times
Amid complaints of poor teacher morale and declining reading scores, the Conway School Board voted Sunday night to buy out the remainder of Superintendent Jeff Collum’s contract.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Fate of Conway school Superintendent Jeff Collum remains in limbo, after school board takes no action on renewing contract. Another meeting set for Sun., the last day before his contract with $241K salary automatically renews. @debrahale.bsky.social reports #Arkansas arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Conway School Board schedules another meeting as superintendent's contract nears renewal - Arkansas Times
The Conway School Board will meet again Sunday evening, presumably to consider the fate of their superintendent.
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🍀 The Real Wild Thing 🍀 @therealwildthing.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2025
A group of male youths traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.
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Pride Flags Slashed at Atlanta L.G.B.T.Q. Landmark, Four Arrested
A group of male youths traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A judge has ruled that Randal Worcester, whose brutal 2022 arrest in Mulberry led to two now-former sheriff’s deputies going to prison, is innocent based on mental disease or defect.
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Man who suffered violent arrested outside a Mulberry gas station acquitted - Arkansas Times
A judge has ruled that Randal Worcester, whose brutal 2022 arrest in Mulberry led to two now-former sheriff's deputies going to prison, is innocent based on mental disease or defect.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
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Man who suffered violent arrest outside a Mulberry gas station acquitted - Arkansas Times
A judge has ruled that Randal Worcester, whose brutal 2022 arrest in Mulberry led to two now-former sheriff's deputies going to prison, is innocent based on mental disease or defect.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16/06/2025
A former Dolton village employee is trying to block the village from using taxpayer money to acquire the childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.
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Federal court filing seeks to bar Dolton from buying pope’s boyhood home
A federal court filing seeks to block Dolton from spending taxpayer money to buy childhood home of the newly installed Pope Leo XIV.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
CRANKY IN CONWAY: Former teachers, parents press Conway school board not to renew contract of Supt. Jeff Collum, who is getting flack from both sides of the ideological divide that has riven district over past 3 years. @debrahale.bsky.social reports #Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/06/2025
Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary starting in the 1940s. But at least one part of that story has been largely ignored until now: the role of Black prisoners in that research.
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New paper sheds light on experience of Black prisoners in infamous Illinois prison malaria experiments
The role of Black prisoners helped lead to the practice of using genetic testing to understand how patients will react to medications, according to the paper.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wall Street Journal gives Tom Cotton a platform to indulge his latent authoritarian wet dreams ... #Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster UPDATE arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster UPDATE - Arkansas Times
Collum took criticism from both progressives and conservatives.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster CORRECTION arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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2 former teachers, parent urge Conway superintendent's ouster CORRECTION - Arkansas Times
Collum took criticism from both progressives and conservatives.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Thanks, @arktimes.bsky.social, for reposting my latest @arkansasadvocate.com column. #Arkansas #arpx #arnews arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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The potential fallout from GOP Medicaid cuts is nothing to crow about - Arkansas Times
It’s neither “big” nor “beautiful” to alarm people by supporting policies that threaten their health care and food assistance and could close their local hospitals. Hill, Womack, Crawford and Westerma...
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Trump pardons Jeremy Hutchinson, former state senator convicted for taking bribes - Arkansas Times
Thanks to Trump, Jeremy Hutchinson will get to skip out on the remainder of his 50-month sentence for bribery, wire fraud and tax fraud.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Law enforcement hits Faulkner County following prison escapee tip - Arkansas Times
Multiple law enforcement agencies are following up on a tip that the prisoner who escaped from an Arkansas prison Sunday afternoon may have been seen in Faulkner County later that day.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Conway School Board's unusual and controversial decision to block the hiring of a softball coach is now moot. Recent elections remade the board, ditching the conservative majority. The new board welcomes Coach Sara Flenor. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Newly remade Conway School Board votes to hire Beebe softball coach - Arkansas Times
The Conway School District is getting a championship-winning softball coach after all, thanks to four progressives on a newly reconstituted school board.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
My latest column in @arkansasadvocate.com: Arkansas Republican congressmen's delight at passage of budget reconciliation bill ignores the threat it poses to Arkansans' health care & food assistance, as well as our state budget & rural hospitals. #arpx #arnews
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The potential fallout from GOP Medicaid cuts is nothing to crow about | Arkansas Advocate
It's neither “big” nor “beautiful” to support policies that threaten health care and food assistance and could close local hospitals.
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Newly remade Conway School Board votes to hire Beebe softball coach - Arkansas Times
The Conway School District is getting a championship-winning softball coach after all, thanks to four progressives on a newly reconstituted school board.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/05/2025
A writer fell into a coma during childbirth. When she woke up, she couldn't remember her family or her faith.
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After Childbirth Put Me in a Coma, I Couldn’t Remember My Faith
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/05/2025
As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
“Maybe we need to treat more diabetes with cooking classes, not just throwing insulin at people,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said on Fox News’ Sunday Futures. “You know, scientists have been waving the flag for years, saying you’ve got to look at this body of scientific data, and the modern medical establishment really has been disconnected.”
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
@debrahale.bsky.social weighs in on Arkansas legislators' unconstitutional 10 Commandments mandate for public schools: "The government shouldn’t be preaching the gospel, the Koran, the Torah or the Book of Mormon. The Constitution? Now, that’s OK and more needed than ever."
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Let public schools teach the Constitution, not religion - Arkansas Times
A new Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms might survive a court challenge, given the current makeup of the judiciary. It's wrong nonetheless.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/05/2025
The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say.
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Billy Joel cancels tour dates after diagnosis. What to know about the brain condition
The singer canceled his summer tour dates and revealed he has a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. It's treatable but tricky to diagnose, doctors say.
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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller!
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Debra Hale-Shelton @debrahale.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Conway remakes school board with 'historic' election arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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Conway remakes school board with 'historic' election - Arkansas Times
Voters on Tuesday overturned the Conway School Board’s white, often secretive conservative majority by awarding victories to three Black candidates.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@debrahale.bsky.social on Arkansas legislators' escalating war on libraries: "Where does the censorship stop? Should the Bible be banned because it features stories of polygamy, incest and horrific death? I say no. But if the censors are consistent, they will say yes." #arpx buff.ly/NYL3j8a
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 14/05/2025
#OPINION: Arkansas' latest library laws are part of an "escalation in the war against libraries and public school teachers," according to guest commentator @debrahale.bsky.social #arpx #arleg
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Where does the censorship stop? | Arkansas Advocate
Books and intellectual freedom have long been targets of the morality police, though I can’t remember a time when the far right targeted libraries in Arkansas as much as it has recently.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Sen. Bryan King calls on Gov. Sanders to return $75M diverted to new Franklin Co. mega-prison back to expansion of existing prison at Calico Rock, says new prison site lacks "critical infrastructure." Sanders' spokesman stiff-arms request. #Arkansas #arpx
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Lawmaker critical of new prison proposal asks governor to divert funds to expand Calico Rock facility | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
State Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, asked Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to divert $75 million in funds for the proposed prison in Franklin County to expand capacity at the already existing facility…
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Former Hot Spring Co. Sheriff Scott Finkbeiner's bond revoked for trying to contact a witness on Signal. Awaiting sentencing on federal charges for interfering in a drug investigation. @debrahale.bsky.social reports in @arktimes.bsky.social #Arkansas #arnews #arpx
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Former Hot Spring County sheriff back in jail - Arkansas Times
The former Hot Spring County sheriff who resigned after pleading guilty in a federal case involving drugs and sex is back in jail and will remain there until he's sentenced to prison, a judge ruled…
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