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The Importance of Electing Good Leaders

Aug 22, 2011JerryPodcastPodcast

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Why should we elect good leaders? And how can we be sure the leaders we do elect are the right ones? Listen to our latest podcast for the answers.

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Pro-Life Legislation That Arkansas Needs: Part 1

Aug 18, 2011Jerry1 CommentAbortionAbortion, Pro-life

Over the next several weeks, we will feature a weekly post that briefly discusses a pro-life bill that Arkansas needs to move the cause forward. All of the bills we’ll focus on were defeated during this year’s legislative session in the House Public Health Committee. Let’s start with one of the highest profile bills of the session, SB113.

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News Articles Show Arkansas Lottery Played by the Poor

Aug 15, 2011JerryArkansas LotteryArkansas Lottery

Two news articles came out over the weekend showing that Arkansas’ lottery is played heavily in our poorest counties and communities.

The first is an article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette by Michael Wickline. You can read it here (account required).

The second is an article from the Associated Press. It provides a synopsis of some of the information found in the Democrat-Gazette article. You can read it for free here.

These articles look at financial data from the Arkansas Lottery, including counties where ticket sales were the highest. We will try to provide a more in-depth analysis of these articles in the near future.