For AR People
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This is our state. We're taking it back.
⭐️Democracy open to everyone
⭐️End to secrets and corruption
⭐️Government that does right by all Arkansans
Join the fight for a better Arkansas at forarpeople.org
⭐️Democracy open to everyone
⭐️End to secrets and corruption
⭐️Government that does right by all Arkansans
Join the fight for a better Arkansas at forarpeople.org
Meanwhile, over here in the real world, Arkansas is bottom three for voter turnout and registration. Gov. Sanders doesn't let silly little things like data and reality stand in the way of her propaganda, though. There's voter suppression to be done!
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Meanwhile, over here in the real world, Arkansas is bottom three for voter turnout and registration. Gov. Sanders doesn't let silly little things like data and reality stand in the way of her propaganda, though. There's voter suppression to be done!
Are you furious about the lack of representation of not one, but TWO legislative districts in Arkansas?
Sign the petition to tell Sanders to hold the special elections for HD70 and SD26 HERE:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
Sign the petition to tell Sanders to hold the special elections for HD70 and SD26 HERE:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Are you furious about the lack of representation of not one, but TWO legislative districts in Arkansas?
Sign the petition to tell Sanders to hold the special elections for HD70 and SD26 HERE:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
Sign the petition to tell Sanders to hold the special elections for HD70 and SD26 HERE:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
Predictably, the state filed an appeal to the AR Supreme Court this morning.
Sanders wants to run the clock out.
Sanders wants to run the clock out.
BREAKING: Judge Patricia James has granted the request of the citizens of Senate District 26 to hold the special election "as soon as practicable."
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Predictably, the state filed an appeal to the AR Supreme Court this morning.
Sanders wants to run the clock out.
Sanders wants to run the clock out.
BREAKING: Judge Patricia James has granted the request of the citizens of Senate District 26 to hold the special election "as soon as practicable."
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BREAKING: Judge Patricia James has granted the request of the citizens of Senate District 26 to hold the special election "as soon as practicable."
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
HUGE win for democracy in Arkansas and a win for the citizens who stood up for their constitutional right to representation.
Governor Sanders today announced she will delay the special election for State Senate District 26 until next November. This leaves the people of that district without representation for over a year when issues critical to them will be voted on.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
DEMAND REPRESENTATION: Hold Senate District 26 Special Election This Spring
Governor Sanders is denying an estimated 86,000 Arkansans their right to Senatorial representation. By delaying the special election for a vacant State Senate seat until November 2026, voters in Frank...
actionnetwork.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Governor Sanders today announced she will delay the special election for State Senate District 26 until next November. This leaves the people of that district without representation for over a year when issues critical to them will be voted on.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...
Surprising just about nobody, Joe Profiri met with ICE agents at the site of the proposed Franklin County mega prison.
Sarah wants to illegally detain and disappear our neighbors, it seems. This makes what was already a bad deal even worse.
forarpeople.org/ice-detentio...
Sarah wants to illegally detain and disappear our neighbors, it seems. This makes what was already a bad deal even worse.
forarpeople.org/ice-detentio...
Proposed Franklin County Prison Looks To Be an ICE Site - For AR People Action
According to the local sheriff, the Franklin County prison seems likely to house ICE detainees. Residents want no part in it.
forarpeople.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Surprising just about nobody, Joe Profiri met with ICE agents at the site of the proposed Franklin County mega prison.
Sarah wants to illegally detain and disappear our neighbors, it seems. This makes what was already a bad deal even worse.
forarpeople.org/ice-detentio...
Sarah wants to illegally detain and disappear our neighbors, it seems. This makes what was already a bad deal even worse.
forarpeople.org/ice-detentio...
Roe v. Wade was overturned three years ago today.
Things for Arkansas families have gotten much, much worse since then, but instead of trying to fix them, the Governor and her cronies are refusing to deal with the maternal and infant mortality rates.
forarpeople.org/three-years-...
Things for Arkansas families have gotten much, much worse since then, but instead of trying to fix them, the Governor and her cronies are refusing to deal with the maternal and infant mortality rates.
forarpeople.org/three-years-...
Three Years After Dobbs, Arkansas Families Still Suffer - For AR People Action
Three years ago today, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade, forcing millions of families nationwide to forgo healthcare.
forarpeople.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Roe v. Wade was overturned three years ago today.
Things for Arkansas families have gotten much, much worse since then, but instead of trying to fix them, the Governor and her cronies are refusing to deal with the maternal and infant mortality rates.
forarpeople.org/three-years-...
Things for Arkansas families have gotten much, much worse since then, but instead of trying to fix them, the Governor and her cronies are refusing to deal with the maternal and infant mortality rates.
forarpeople.org/three-years-...
House Republicans, led by Fran Cavenaugh, again nixed a contract for a firm that would help state employees navigate the thorny Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, despite members of their own party begging them to help their own workers. #arleg
June 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
House Republicans, led by Fran Cavenaugh, again nixed a contract for a firm that would help state employees navigate the thorny Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, despite members of their own party begging them to help their own workers. #arleg
School lunch debt in Arkansas is a looming crisis. We spoke with four nutrition directors across the state to get a sense of the problem.
It's grim.
New on the website today: The scope of our school lunch debt crisis and how we've failed students.
forarpeople.org/the-scope-of...
It's grim.
New on the website today: The scope of our school lunch debt crisis and how we've failed students.
forarpeople.org/the-scope-of...
"One Kid Hungry is One Kid Too Many": The Scope of School Lunch Debt in Arkansas - For AR People Action
Arkansas now feeds schoolkids breakfast for free. But a lunch debt crisis looms large over the state's school nutrition programs.
forarpeople.org
May 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
School lunch debt in Arkansas is a looming crisis. We spoke with four nutrition directors across the state to get a sense of the problem.
It's grim.
New on the website today: The scope of our school lunch debt crisis and how we've failed students.
forarpeople.org/the-scope-of...
It's grim.
New on the website today: The scope of our school lunch debt crisis and how we've failed students.
forarpeople.org/the-scope-of...
Today we're excited to announce our participation in Protect AR Rights with other stakeholders in Arkansas. Our goal is to defend direct democracy from legislative overreach, and we've got the group to do it!
You can follow our efforts at www.protectarrights.org
You can follow our efforts at www.protectarrights.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today we're excited to announce our participation in Protect AR Rights with other stakeholders in Arkansas. Our goal is to defend direct democracy from legislative overreach, and we've got the group to do it!
You can follow our efforts at www.protectarrights.org
You can follow our efforts at www.protectarrights.org
Reposted by For AR People
"Two grassroots ballot question committees hoping to place measures on the 2026 ballot filed a motion Wednesday seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging several laws passed by the Arkansas Legislature to restrict the initiative process." arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Grassroots groups seek to join federal lawsuit challenging new state laws restricting initiative process - Arkansas Times
If the motion is granted, the intervenors plan to bring additional claims, including a challenge to a law that requires ballot titles to be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.
arktimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Two grassroots ballot question committees hoping to place measures on the 2026 ballot filed a motion Wednesday seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging several laws passed by the Arkansas Legislature to restrict the initiative process." arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
We're pleased to be supporting this effort to overturn the unconstitutional efforts of the legislature to silence the people of Arkansas and limit our right to direct democracy.
BREAKING: We’re suing the state of Arkansas over laws that silence voters and sabotage citizen-led ballot initiatives. These attacks on direct democracy violate the First Amendment.
We’re taking this fight to court — because in Arkansas, the people rule.
loom.ly/DHsAQfs
We’re taking this fight to court — because in Arkansas, the people rule.
loom.ly/DHsAQfs
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We're pleased to be supporting this effort to overturn the unconstitutional efforts of the legislature to silence the people of Arkansas and limit our right to direct democracy.
This story gets much worse.
Long story short? Someone basically stole $300k from the state to abuse kids, and the state didn't do anything to stop them until the person got caught running a child fight ring.
forarpeople.org/jonesboro-fi...
Long story short? Someone basically stole $300k from the state to abuse kids, and the state didn't do anything to stop them until the person got caught running a child fight ring.
forarpeople.org/jonesboro-fi...
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This story gets much worse.
Long story short? Someone basically stole $300k from the state to abuse kids, and the state didn't do anything to stop them until the person got caught running a child fight ring.
forarpeople.org/jonesboro-fi...
Long story short? Someone basically stole $300k from the state to abuse kids, and the state didn't do anything to stop them until the person got caught running a child fight ring.
forarpeople.org/jonesboro-fi...
NEW on the site today: Seen the White House budget proposal? Massive cuts to essential services across the board.
But that's pretty familiar to Arkansans, who have been experiencing similar cuts for years.
forarpeople.org/arkansas-is-...
But that's pretty familiar to Arkansans, who have been experiencing similar cuts for years.
forarpeople.org/arkansas-is-...
Arkansas is what happens when Government stops caring
When government stops caring, people suffer. Arkansas is living proof—and now Trump wants to take that model nationwide. It’s time to fight back.
forarpeople.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
NEW on the site today: Seen the White House budget proposal? Massive cuts to essential services across the board.
But that's pretty familiar to Arkansans, who have been experiencing similar cuts for years.
forarpeople.org/arkansas-is-...
But that's pretty familiar to Arkansans, who have been experiencing similar cuts for years.
forarpeople.org/arkansas-is-...
#NEWS A few days ago, this story broke about child abuse in a special education institution in Jonesboro. www.kait8.com/2025/04/21/p...
It turns out the "Delta Institute" was receiving EFA funds.
Vouchers financed a child fight ring. #arpx
It turns out the "Delta Institute" was receiving EFA funds.
Vouchers financed a child fight ring. #arpx
Prosecutor: School director was ‘ringleader of makeshift child fight club’
Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood said Monday that a school director was the “ringleader of a makeshift child fight club.”
www.kait8.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#NEWS A few days ago, this story broke about child abuse in a special education institution in Jonesboro. www.kait8.com/2025/04/21/p...
It turns out the "Delta Institute" was receiving EFA funds.
Vouchers financed a child fight ring. #arpx
It turns out the "Delta Institute" was receiving EFA funds.
Vouchers financed a child fight ring. #arpx
Abortion bans kill people, and this is one reason why: doctors don't want to train and live in states where they cannot provide the care mandated by their oaths to "Do no harm."
“These life-saving points for which there’s an exception—they do exist.”
—Dr. Chad Taylor speaks on the importance of reporting vital statistics about abortions that meet the life-of-the-mother exception, in “Why Doctors are Opting Out of Arkansas.”
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—Dr. Chad Taylor speaks on the importance of reporting vital statistics about abortions that meet the life-of-the-mother exception, in “Why Doctors are Opting Out of Arkansas.”
🔗: https://shorturl.at/ZC2
April 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Abortion bans kill people, and this is one reason why: doctors don't want to train and live in states where they cannot provide the care mandated by their oaths to "Do no harm."
April 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted by For AR People
In a real plot twist, the Arkansas House on Wednesday voted down an anti-democracy Republican power grab to allow the legislature to change constitutional amendments initiated and passed by the people. The issue isn't going away, though. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
One last anti-democracy bill from Arkansas Republicans dies in the House as legislative session ends
If the people pass an amendment the Legislature doesn’t like, many Republican lawmakers want to be able to amend or repeal it. Never mind that the Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously rejected that argu...
arktimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In a real plot twist, the Arkansas House on Wednesday voted down an anti-democracy Republican power grab to allow the legislature to change constitutional amendments initiated and passed by the people. The issue isn't going away, though. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
And with the House in recess, the business of the 95th General Assembly is done. Thanks for following along, folks. We’ll have a roundup later this week.
So delighted to announce the Senate has adjourned. Almost there, y'all.
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And with the House in recess, the business of the 95th General Assembly is done. Thanks for following along, folks. We’ll have a roundup later this week.
So delighted to announce the Senate has adjourned. Almost there, y'all.
April 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So delighted to announce the Senate has adjourned. Almost there, y'all.
#SB569 goes down in flames. Great news for democracy.
#SB569 is bad because it gives the legislature (again, unconstitutionally) the power to amend or even repeal citizen-initiated constitutional amendments with a 2/3 vote.
Minimum wage increase? Gone. Medical Marijuana? Gone. Term limits? Gone.
Minimum wage increase? Gone. Medical Marijuana? Gone. Term limits? Gone.
April 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#SB569 goes down in flames. Great news for democracy.
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#SB640, to dissolve and reconstitute the State Library Board, has passed the House State Agencies subcommittee. It'll head to the full House floor next.
April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#SB640, to dissolve and reconstitute the State Library Board, has passed the House State Agencies subcommittee. It'll head to the full House floor next.
Good morning folks, and welcome to what we "desperately hope" will be the final three working days of this legislative session.
Few things we're watching (nothing is dead till they leave town):
Mary Bentley's #HB1916 targeting parents and caretakers of trans kids, is up today in Senate Judiciary.
Few things we're watching (nothing is dead till they leave town):
Mary Bentley's #HB1916 targeting parents and caretakers of trans kids, is up today in Senate Judiciary.
April 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Good morning folks, and welcome to what we "desperately hope" will be the final three working days of this legislative session.
Few things we're watching (nothing is dead till they leave town):
Mary Bentley's #HB1916 targeting parents and caretakers of trans kids, is up today in Senate Judiciary.
Few things we're watching (nothing is dead till they leave town):
Mary Bentley's #HB1916 targeting parents and caretakers of trans kids, is up today in Senate Judiciary.