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Arkansas governor taps CJRW account executive for state tourism director

BY: - October 23, 2023

Arkansas’ new tourism director is Dalaney Thomas, an account executive with Little Rock advertising agency CJRW, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday. Thomas served as account manager at CJRW for the state’s $13.4-million-a-year tourism advertising budget and as media and creative campaigns manager for Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort’s $3 million advertising budget. “Dalaney has spent […]

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Legislation on Arkansas governor’s desk would reboot $1M pregnancy resource center grant fund

BY: - April 6, 2023

Arkansas will offer another $1 million to pregnancy resource centers during fiscal year 2024 if Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders authorizes it. The state Legislature set aside the same taxpayer-funded amount last year to support “crisis pregnancy centers,” maternity homes, adoption agencies, and “social service agencies that provide material support and other assistance to individuals facing […]

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Arkansas pregnancy centers seek almost $500,000 in second round of state grants

BY: - December 12, 2022

Pregnancy resource centers throughout Arkansas asked the state in November for a total of nearly half a million dollars, much of what’s left in a state fund aimed at facilities that discourage clients from ending their pregnancies. Nine of the 16 applicants for this second round of funding also applied for the first round in […]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) and Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton were among nine GOP senators who voted Dec. 15, 2022, for a one-week spending bill to keep the government running and give negotiators more time to wrap up legislation that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC pours record advertising cash into U.S. Senate races

BY: - November 4, 2022

WASHINGTON — The super PAC aligned with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has spent a record amount advertising for GOP Senate candidates this cycle, according to AdImpact.  The Senate Leadership Fund has “become the highest-spending advertiser” AdImpact, started in 2014, has ever reported on, according to data it released Thursday. The […]

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Arkansas opens new application period for pregnancy center grants

BY: - October 24, 2022

A new application period for the state’s Pregnancy Resource Center Grant opens today, Oct. 24, according to Scott Hardin, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. The deadline for submitting applications is Nov. 23. Applicants will be vying for a share of $546,000, the amount remaining after 14 organizations were awarded $454,191 in […]