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Rambling Vines

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 This is a rather interesting article I ran across while researching the 1931 Courier files.

From courier files…

September 22, 1994 From left, front row: Seventh grade maids Kaley Kegley, Sami Pyle, Jessica Ahrent, and Michelle Nolan. Second row: Eighth grade maids Cindy Sharpe, Courtney Blankenship, Montana Selby and Kristi Lewis.

Part Eleven:

The Porfiriato. Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.

But I’m A Felon

Restoring Voting Rights for Felons in Arkansas: A Path to Redemption In Arkansas, more than 5,000 citizens are locked out of their most fundamental democratic right—the right to vote—due to past felony convictions. This deliberate process of locking them out, not only silences their voices but undermines the values of rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK – A legislative committee has signed off on stronger penalties against pharmacy benefit managers that fail to reimburse local drug stores according to rates established in state law. The Senate and House Committees on Insurance and Commerce reviewed and accepted new rules proposed by the Arkansas Insurance Department.

ARLEG UPDATE

Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for putting in place commonsense gun safety measures, Republican lawmakers in Arkansas have in recent years driven our state in the opposite direction. Arkansans aren’t required to obtain a license to carry a firearm, either openly or concealed, and there are few places where firearms are still prohibited.