Pea Ridge officer mourned, remembered
June 30, 2021 at 3:00 a.m.
Community members lay flowers, artwork and pinwheels on and around the Pea Ridge Police patrol car assigned to Officer Kevin Apple, who was killed in the line of duty.
A 23-year law enforcement veteran, Kevin D. Apple, who served Pea Ridge for the past three years, is being honored by city residents, law enforcement peers, emergency personnel and people across the state.
Apple was killed Saturday while on duty in Pea Ridge.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson ordered the United States flag and state flag of Arkansas to fly at half-staff in tribute to the memory of Apple. Flags are to remain at half-staff until the day of interment.
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Is a Democrat allowed to pass legislation that helps people vote? No.
April 22, 20214:30 pm
The question was asked and answered in the negative today in the Senate on SB 781 by Sen. Clarke Tucker, a Little Rock Democrat.
It enjoyed bipartisan support. It incorporated many suggestions from Republican Sen. Kim Hammer, architect of most of the Republican vote agenda bills this session, as well as other Republicans who worked on the bill.
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Its key element is simple equity. In adding new impediments to absentee balloting this year, Republicans eliminated the ability to correct minor errors detected in checking returned absentee ballots, particularly an ability to cure a failure to include in the envelope the newly required photo ID.
Romero gets plenty of criticism but also an up vote from Senate rules committee
April 8, 20211:19 pm Members of the Arkansas Senate rules committee consider the appointment of José Romero, director of the Arkansas Department of Health.
Arkansas state senators tore into Health Department Director
Dr. José Romero Thursday at a meeting at which Romero was not present. The 10 senators present for the meeting ultimately voted 7-3 to forward Romero’s confirmation to the the full Senate for consideration today.
Republican senators
Trent Garner and
Gary Stubblefield lobbied hard against confirming Romero’s appointment to the directorship of the Arkansas Department of Health, a post to which Romero was appointed by Governor Hutchinson months ago. The trio of senators opposed to his appointment said they were dissatisfied with the way Romero handled the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. Romero discouraged its use, but Rapert and St