Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president and survivor of an assassination attempt on Saturday night in Butler, Pennsylvania, has named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate. Trump made the announcement via his Truth…
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Supreme Court Makes Decision on Trump Presidential Immunity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMultiple media outlets, including the Associated Press and Forbes, are reporting the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that presidents have immunity from prosecution over official acts while in office. The landmark decision is seen as a win for former President Donald Trump, but experts are…
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Trump Holds Slight Lead in AARP Presidential Poll of Older Voters in Swing Districts
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA new AARP presidential poll of likely voters ages 50 and up shows former President Donald Trump with a slight lead over President Joe Biden among likely voters age 50 and up in battleground congressional districts across the country. Trump…
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Lawmakers Advance More Tax Cuts in Special Session
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas legislators passed measures this week to lower income taxes further and increase the homestead tax credit. Identical bills, Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1001, were passed out of committee as the legislature met for its second special session of the…
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Beebe, Hutchinson Get Nostalgic at UA School of Law’s Centennial Year Event
In celebration of the U of A School of Law’s centennial year, the school recently hosted a conversation with former Governors Mike Beebe and Asa Hutchinson, both graduates of the school. From Waterman Hall to the Governor’s Mansion was held…
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Boozman: GOP Plan Puts ‘More Farm in Farm Bill’; Survey Finds Farmers Favor Conservation
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffU.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, this week called for putting “more farm in the farm bill” following the release of the Senate Republican-drafted framework of proposed changes to…
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Servant Leader — New House Speaker Looks to Build Bridges
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaWhen asked “What is a nice guy like you doing in politics?” Rep. Brian Evans, R-Cabot, gave a polite chortle but in a key that disclosed his discomfort with the joke. For Evans, a longtime businessman who grew up in…
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Op-ed: Union-backed Amendment Would Wreck State Budget
by Nic Hortonby Nic HortonArkansas has made phenomenal progress in just the last few years by finally reining in the work-punishing income tax. Consider that in 2018, the state’s top income tax bracket was nearly 7 percent, starting at just $35,000. Today, thanks to…
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Mayor Jones Crafts Brookland’s Own Identity Between Larger Towns
In 2007, when Brookland Mayor Kenneth Jones began his first term, 1,362 people lived in the Craighead County town. Locals then feared that the recent opening of the U.S. 49 bypass, which skirted the town to the west, would keep…
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It’s Official: Muss to Southern Cal
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffUPDATE: Eric Musselman posted the following to his X account at 3:48 p.m. CST: It’s official. Eric Musselman is the new men’s basketball coach at Southern Cal. Multiple news outlets in Arkansas had been reporting Thursday what most Arkansans have…