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Friday, January 25, 2013

Let's all get a cup for drug testing

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:23 AM

Tipster notes an amendment has been filed to SB 38 by Jeremy "Gatorbait" Hutchinson to require drug testing of applicants for unemployment payments, as well as random testing of recipients.

Sen. Stephanie Flowers has proposed a worthy amendment — to require drug testing of all public officials and public employees.

Pee jar for the goose; pee jar for the gander.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Let's all get a cup for drug testing

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:23 AM

Speaking of...

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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Light start to the day: * PARTISAN JUDGES: I noted yesterday the highly partisan flavor of Appeals Court Judge Rhonda Wood's Twitter feeds, as well as those of colleague Circuit Judge Mike Maggio of Conway.

Dead around here. Then I remembered, it's kind of sort of a holiday.

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