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Arkansas House of Representatives
Wed,09/29/21-1:10PM , 719 Reads
House members are expected to return to the Capitol on Wednesday, September 29, to address congressional redistricting.
The Arkansas legislature reviews congressional districts after every U.S. Census to see if changes to boundary lines are needed. This once-a-decade review process is called “redistricting.”
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Editorial: $28 trillion and counting
Tue,09/21/21-6:06PM , 611 Reads 17,399 Statewide
The issue of America’s public debt — about $28 trillion and rising — has faded away in recent weeks, overwhelmed first by the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan and then more recently by the mess Hurricane Ida left behind.
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Opinion: For the common good
By Glen Graves
Tue,09/21/21-5:48PM , 826 Reads 26,715 Statewide
In 1777 George Washington mandated inoculations for smallpox for all Continental Army soldiers unless they had a previous history of smallpox infection(historyofvaccinations.org). Smallpox was devastating the Continentals. However, the British army had more immunity from previous infections in Europe and from variolation than the Americans.
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Editorial: Upside for ending extra jobless aid
Tue,09/21/21-5:30PM , 488 Reads 16,033 Statewide
It will take some time to be completely sure of the effect of cutting off the additional money the unemployed were receiving during the pandemic.
But odds are it’s been beneficial, if the measuring stick is based on enticing the unemployed to rejoin the workforce.
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