Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips—a federal judge from California—ruled that the military’s longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was unconstitutional. This common-sense law prohibited open homosexuality in the military to help ensure troop unity and readiness.
Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue came under fire yesterday from the Arkansas Lottery Commission for awarding compensatory time to high-salaried employees who aren’t eligible for overtime pay. Two commission members moved to relieve Mr. Passailaigue of his duties as lottery director, but the motion didn’t pass and Passailaigue kept his job.
Below you’ll find an interesting video from Today’s THV discussing how many cases of problem and addictive gambling have been reported to the Arkansas Department of Human Services. In light of this story, however, I do have at least one question: How many unreported cases of problem gambling and gambling addiction are there in Arkansas?