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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 26, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news. In each issue, you’ll find updates on legislative activity and recent news.

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State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights

Some state lawmakers are looking to loosen child labor laws, even as the federal government cracks down on surging violations

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who rested feet on desk in Pelosi's office sentenced to over 4 years in prison

The Arkansas man walked around the Capitol with a stun gun/walking stick combo with spike electrodes, prosecutors said.

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Capitol rioter who propped feet on Pelosi's desk in photo sentenced to over 4 years

An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo from the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in prison

The Independent UK

YT Industries announce a new YT Mill to open in Bentonville, Arkansas in early 2024

The YT Industries Experience Center concept allows riders to view and test the YT MTB range around the OZ Trails network

Bike Perfect

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson pushes optimistic White House bid, not a candidate that ‘creates chaos’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to bring an optimistic tone as he makes his bid for the White House.

Tribune News Service

Former Arkansas U.S. Rep. Marion Berry, who served 7 terms, dies at 80

Former Rep. Marion Berry, who was known for blunt rhetoric and his advocacy work for farmers and elderly residents in eastern Arkansas, has died

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A look inside the playbook on transgender health bills

Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups

The Independent UK

Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals

An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation

The Independent UK

MSU football offers elite 2025 Arkansas 4-star S Omarion Robinson

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to the top player from Arkansas in the 2025 class

USA Today Sports Media Group

State supreme courts issue 110 opinions between May 8-14

State supreme courts issued 110 opinions between May 8-14. The North Dakota Supreme Court led the field with 12 opinions issued, closely followed by Pennsylvania with 11 and Arkansas with eight.

Ballotpedia

GOP state lawmakers try to restrict ballot initiatives, partly to thwart abortion protections

Ohio has joined a growing number of Republican-led states moving to restrict citizens’ ability to bypass lawmakers through ballot initiatives

The Independent UK

Arkansas prosecutor accused of using power to protect pedophile uncle

Family allegedly ignored abuse claims to protect political ambitions and uncle’s business

The Independent UK

Medicaid work requirements would leave more low-income people without health insurance – but this policy is unlikely to pass this time around

The legislative package the U.S. House of Representatives passed on April 26, 2023, by a narrow margin would pare federal spending over the next decade while also raising the debt ceiling. One important measure in the Republican-backed bill would restrict access to Medicaid for millions of Americans.

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Eagles reveal jersey numbers for nine 2023 undrafted free agents

Eagles revealed jersey numbers for nine undrafted free agents, and Jadon Haselwood will be the first player on the Eagles to wear No. 87 since Brent Celek retired

The Independent UK

US seeks help to find out who shot 4 bald eagles in Arkansas

Federal and state wildlife authorities are asking for the public’s help in catching whoever might be responsible for the deaths of four bald eagles in Arkansas’ Marion County earlier this year

Chicago Sun-Times

Calvin Davis, medalist in 400 hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, dies at 51

The University of Arkansas, where he went to school, said Davis died Monday. USA Track and Field also confirmed the death. No cause was given.

Daily Mirror

Stolen body parts donated to medical science allegedly sold to man thief met on Facebook

Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, allegedly sold Pennsylvania man Jeremy Lee Pauley 20 boxes of body parts stolen from a mortuary after being used as medical school cadavers

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Hunter Biden arrives at Arkansas courthouse ahead of paternity suit hearing

Hunter Biden is in a dispute with Lunden Roberts, 32, after she filed a paternity suit in Arkansas Circuit Court back in 2019 claiming the president's son was dad to her little girl, Navy Joan

WEKU

Arkansas woman pleads not guilty to selling over 20 boxes of stolen human body parts

She was hired to cremate medical cadavers. But first, she harvested organs, skin and genitalia and sold them to a man she met through a Facebook group called Oddities, according to court documents.

Salon

How Sanders “stomped” Arkansas' poorest

Arkansas' new governor — infamous from the Trump White House — bids for national stage with old-school GOP meanness

The Independent UK

Error, confusion plague review kicking millions off Medicaid

Some Medicaid recipients tell The Associated Press errors and confusion are leading to them being kicked off the federally and state-funded health coverage program

Zenger

In Blow To AFL-CIO, Colleges May Be Forced To Share Arkansas State Lottery Money With Trade Schools

GOP-led Arkansas' legislature enables voters to change the 2008 constitutional amendment permitting a state lottery.

Reuters

Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally announces White House bid

Former Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson formally launched his 2024 presidential bid on Wednesday, in a speech that portrayed himself as a more moderate alternative to party frontrunner Donald Trump.

The Independent UK

Asa Hutchinson to formally launch 2024 campaign in Arkansas

Asa Hutchinson will formally launch his Republican campaign for president Wednesday with a kickoff in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas

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