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• Attorney General Rutledge rejects full marijuana legalization ballot initiative

  Speaking of weed, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today rejected a proposed ballot initiative to fully legalize marijuana in the state.

• The yawning teacher pay gap between Arkansas school districts

  Before Arkansas congratulates itself for outpacing Oklahoma on teacher pay, we should take a look at the huge disparity in salaries within the state. New teachers in Bentonville may make almost $46,000 a year, but new teachers in many other districts will start the 2018-19 school year earning $31,800 — less than the starting salary in Tulsa.

• Trump's popularity among Arkansas Republicans remains overwhelmingly high

  In a recent survey of 676 likely GOP primary voters, the pollsters found 86 percent said they approved of Trump's job performance. Only 10 percent said they did not, and 4 percent said they didn't know.

• Finally, a memorial to the 21 boys who were burned to death at Wrightsville in '59

  It has been 59 years since 21 teen-aged boys incarcerated at the so-called Negro Boys Industrial School were burned to death in their locked dormitory. The Times wrote about the event in 2008, after the brother and mother of one of the boys approached the Times looking for someone to remember the event, and headlined the story "Stirring the Ashes." But on Saturday, a monument to the boys was placed at Haven of Rest Cemetery, where 14 of the boys were buried.

• Anonymous Harding University students relaunch LGBTQ publication, campus security removes copies

  A group of anonymous Harding University students on Friday published an "HU Queer Press 2.0" zine, covering issues of gay rights at the private, Churches of Christ-affiliated campus in Searcy. A similar publication, "The State of the Gay at Harding University," set off a firestorm of controversy at Harding seven years ago. Shortly after the publication was distributed, campus security officers began gathering the copies of the zine and throwing them in the trash.

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• Re: Remains found on Petit Jean are those of John Glasgow

  • The area where remains were found was searched MANY times. Nothing was found. Extremely weird…

  • Posted by myfathersdaughter
  • on April 24, 2018

• Re: Lake View mandate on school funding 'probably' still stands despite sovereign immunity ruling, lawmakers told

  • Does the constitution prohibit every suit against the state or does it just Prohibit individual…

  • Posted by Going for the record
  • on April 24, 2018

• Re: Searchers find John Glasgow's clothing, ID

  • "Disappeared" Needs to update the stories aired! This poor man remains have been recovered years…

  • Posted by myfathersdaughter
  • on April 24, 2018

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