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- -03-31-15 Arkansas Lawmakers Pass "Religious Freedom" Bill (Time.com)
"Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to a religious-freedom bill that has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who say it opens the door to state-sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians." 03-15
- Arkansas (Weber Publications)
Includes a great deal of basic information, such as geography, legislature, flag, motto, bird, flower, motto, nickname, and so forth. Also has a link to the state capital, Little Rock. 10-00
- Arkansas Department of Education
Provides information on programs, services, and student achievement. 1-03
- Chew Tobacco - Damage and Quitting (University of Arkansas for Medical Science - PATCH)
Provides a free program to help with quitting, as well as providing reasons for quitting. 6-00
- 09-29-03 Poll: Clark Ahead of Bush After Two Weeks Running (Washington Times)
"Meanwhile, a recent Gallup-USA Today poll shows Mr. Clark, a retired four-star general from the Clintons' home state of Arkansas, narrowly leading President Bush and ahead of the other nine Democratic nomination contenders, even though Mr. Clark had entered the Democratic contest less than two weeks ago." 9-03
- 02-09-04 Poll: Kerry Leads in Tennessee and Virginia (Bloomberg.com)
"Almost half the Democratic voters in Virginia and Tennessee favor John Kerry to be their presidential nominee, according to new polls that show the Massachusetts senator solidifying his front-runner status."
"Both states hold primaries tomorrow."
"Tomorrow's primaries will test Kerry's appeal in the South against two southerners, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina and Retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas. " 2-04
- McMath, Sidney (Wikipedia.org)
"Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 – October 4, 2003) was a decorated U.S. Marine veteran and progressive Democratic reform Governor of the State of Arkansas (1949–1953) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid extension of rural electric power, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, repeal of the poll tax, open and honest elections and broad expansion of opportunity for black citizens in the decade following World War II." 02-05
- -10-08-05 Hillary Clinton Inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame (MSNBC News)
"Honored with her were Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dr. Rita Rossi Colwell, who became the first female director of the National Science Foundation in 1998, and Betty Bumpers, a crusader for childhood immunizations who was Clinton’s predecessor as Arkansas’ first lady."
" 'I don’t think there has ever been a better time to be a woman than in the United States of America in the 21st century,' Clinton said in an interview." 10-05
- -10-11-05 Global Aid for Guatemala (MSNBC News)
"Authorities abandoned efforts Tuesday to recover bodies from a deadly landslide and turned to international agencies to help feed, clothe and treat the tens of thousands of residents who lost everything in a week of deadly rains and floods."
"The government Monday night issued an urgent call to the United Nations, seeking $21.5 million in aid because its own emergency response funds would not be enough to cope with the crisis."
"Several countries already have offered to provide assistance to Guatemala, including flood-stricken Mexico. Sweden has donated $5 million, and Spain, France and Taiwan have sent aid shipments."
"The United States has delivered 5,000 hygiene kits, 5,000 blankets, 15,000 gallons of drinking water and 11,000 gallons of fuel to victims in Guatemala, officials said. U.S. helicopters shuttled food and water to isolated villages and a medical unit from the Arkansas National Guard also was preparing to go to the region." 10-05
- -12-23-10 Clinton's Apology and Haiti's Future (Change.org)
"Former President Bill Clinton said at a recent Senate hearing that he regrets the impact in Haiti of the free trade policies that became a hallmark of his presidency."
" 'It may have been good for some of my farmers in Arkansas, but it has not worked. It was a mistake,' Clinton said this month. 'I had to live everyday with the consequences of the loss of capacity to produce a rice crop in Haiti to feed those people because of what I did; nobody else.' "
"Prior to the era of so-called 'free trade,' Haiti could feed itself, importing only 19% of its food and actually exporting rice. Today, Haiti imports more than half of its food, including 80% of the rice eaten in the country."
"In fact, President Rene Preval, himself a rice grower, has asked for international food aid to be replaced by financial support for farmers and the re-development of the agricultural sector. Preval knows that sustained success in rebuilding depends on food sovereignty, or the ability for Haitian farmers to grow their own crops and feed their own communities." 12-10
- -08-07-13 The Real Lone Ranger (CNN News)
"More than a century before Johnny Depp wore a terrifying crow headpiece in new Disney film 'The Lone Ranger,' another hero of the Wild West was carefully arranging his own remarkable disguise."
"Sometimes he dressed as a preacher, at other times a tramp, and occasionally even a woman."
"But beneath the elaborate costumes was always Bass Reeves -- a 19th-century Arkansas slave who became a legendary deputy U.S. marshal, capturing more than 3,000 criminals with his flamboyant detective skills, super strength and supreme horsemanship." 08-13
- -11-05-15 Christi and Huckabee Cut From Main Republican Debate Stage (Time.com)
"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee failed to qualify for the main debate stage at next week’s Fox Business Network debate in Milwaukee, the network confirmed Thursday, while South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Gov. George Pataki other candidates will be knocked off the stage from the undercard debate." 11-15
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