Dad, husband, state senator for Fayetteville. Senate Minority Leader for the 94th General Assembly.
Oct 29, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Governor Hutchinson notes, while kicking off the Board of Apportionment meeting, that the number of majority-minority House districts will grow from 11 to 13, with the state's first majority-Latinx district coming to Northwest Arkansas. (I'll keep this thread going.) (1/x)
Governor Hutchinson says the number of majority-minority Senate districts will remain the same. (2/x)
Sep 7, 2021 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Because we know Arkansas lawmakers are going to try to pass an SB8-like law—possibly as early as this October—I want to talk a bit about that new Texas law and what we can all do to keep it from becoming law here. (1/18)
As you probably know by now, Texas's SB8 is among the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the US, banning abortions after about six weeks—before many women even know they're pregnant. (2/18)
Jul 28, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Lawmakers could soon meet in a special session to repeal Act 1002.
Repealing the law will be tough, but it’s not out of reach—we’d need just a simple majority in each chamber—but repealing it isn’t enough.
For repeal to take effect in time, we’d need an emergency clause.
(1/5)
A bill with an emergency clause takes effect as soon as the governor signs it into law; otherwise, it doesn’t take effect for 90 days.
(By the way, that’s *today* for laws passed earlier this year.)
(2/5)
Jul 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
On this day in 1946, the USS Arkansas, an aging, 26,000-ton Wyoming class battleship, sank at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands during the Baker test, the second of a pair of nuclear weapon tests as part of Operation Crossroads. #ARhistory (1/9)
The Arkansas had been the closest of the ships anchored near the testing site. When the nuclear weapon detonated, the resulting underwater shock wave crushed the ship's starboard hull and rolled her onto her port side.
