Arkansas’ smoking ban just turned 20. Can the state find common ground on public health again?
Just 20 years ago, trying to avoid smoke in Arkansas was an onerous task
Tag: Andrew DeMillo
Andrew DeMillo: Arkansans who banded together to save PBS deserve better than this
These aren’t normal times, as Arkansans who fought to keep PBS programs in the state are learning the hard way
Andrew DeMillo: Don’t fight Arkansas school vouchers by governing like Trump
Fred Love isn’t the first elected official promising to use his executive power to circumvent the legislative process
Andrew DeMillo: The declaration’s lesson: Credibility matters. Arkansas leaders should take notice.
“Let facts be submitted to a candid world,” the declaration states before outlining the litany of offenses by the king that prompted the colonies to seek independence.
Andrew DeMillo: Secret agreements are violating Arkansans’ trust
Across Arkansas, economic development leaders and elected officials seem to be a perverse Bizarro-land version of Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” rushing to keep even more information out of the public’s reach
Commentary: The data center debates are only a preview of Arkansas’ AI challenges
The backlash in some Arkansas communities about data centers’ drain on their resources like electricity and water reflects just one element of the public’s worries about this technology
Commentary: Arkansas’ data center fights boil down to trust and transparency
Secrecy may be standard operating procedure when it comes to economic development. But it makes for bad politics and potentially even worse policy, as the fight over data centers in Arkansas makes abundantly clear.