On Friday, November 22, 2024, trial lawyers Joey McCutchen and Stephen Napurano filed suit against the City of Fort Smith for repeated violations of Article 12, Section 4 of our Arkansas Constitution.McCutchen posted on Facebook, “Bottom line, a city cannot donate money to its favorite pet private individual or corporation, irrespective of how noble the mayor […]
The Freedom to Petition Our Government! Readers, we are in striking distance of the required numbers needed for our FOIA/transparency petitions. There are only a couple of weeks left to gather signatures, so please keep going! The petitions must be turned in by July 5, 2024. Every signature counts as we are approaching the close of this opportunity to keep […]
EPA’s Plan EJ 2014… Twenty years in the making In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, an order for all federal agencies to take government action involving Environmental Justice issues. Then, in 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency updated its environmental justice strategy and developed “Plan EJ 2014”, a model roadmap for advancing environmental justice, […]