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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Arkansas Politics No 'gatoring in court, thanks to Hutchinson

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:46 AM

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Catching up on the battery by 'gator case: The Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney's Office agreed in December to nol pros domestic battery charges brought against Julie McGee, the ex-girlfriend of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson who was arrested in September after allegedly striking the legislator with a preserved alligator head, causing his (the legislator's) head to bleed. A trial had been set in District Judge Alice Lightle's court Dec. 18.

Hutchinson, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley to drop the charges to spare his further embarrassment; here's his request, provided by Jegley in response to a Freedom of Information request.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Arkansas Politics No 'gatoring in court, thanks to Hutchinson

Posted by Leslie Newell Peacock on Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:46 AM

Speaking of Jeremy Hutchinson, Julie McGee

On March 8, the Supreme Court suspended the license of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson for nonpayment of dues. /more/

I try to get excited about the 2014 constitutional amendment proposal forged by the Regnat Populist ethics reform group and the legislature. It's hard. /more/

So backward-looking was the Arkansas legislature all winter that you wanted to search the rest of the paper every day for the latest news on the hookworm epidemic and yesterday's lynchings, but then it did something truly progressive. /more/

Ernie Dumas writes this week that the 2013 legislature's approval of Obamacare, against long odds, made up for a multitude of sins. /more/

Funny. I wrote yesterday about a sharp analysis of the legal impact of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce's proposed constitutional amendment on "tort reform," which would strip the Arkansas Supreme Court of rule-making authority in damage lawsuits. /more/

The first annual Arkansas Legislative Hoops For Kids' Sake Game is coming up on Tuesday, and we're really, really excited here at the Times. So much so that we've wasted a couple hours making 10 basketball cards of participating members, replete with nicknames and scouting reports. /more/

After years of contention, the legislature four years ago approved a new law against cruelty to animals, strengthening the penalties for offenders and bringing Arkansas more in line with other states on this issue. /more/

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At B.A. Framer in the Heights.

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