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Get ready for the November election help you neighbors prep too! BallotReady from Ballotpedia https://www.ballotready.org/ An important issue on the ballot this year is Measure #2 – “The Supermajority Vote Requirement”. This measure was proposed and placed on the ballot by super-conservative legislators last year. They don’t like it that Arkansas has a strong method to give citizen voices in Issues like a higher minimum wage, or approval of medical marijuana, for instance. Clearly very important to regular people, but disapproved of by certain groups. You probably noticed that the legislature was very annoyed by the minimum wage measure. Remember […]

What can you do to help Arkansas stand up to the right-wing challenge? There are so many issues coming up next year that will make or break our democracy. There are so many great people who stepped up to run for political office this year who need help. What we do now will have more impact than in any election of our lives. The election is right around the corner. Don’t let it catch you unprepared. Have you checked your voter registration to be sure you weren’t among the thousands of voters purged from registration lists? Do you know what […]

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Stories from the field Last week a new time banker groaned that she needed somebody to just TELL her if her car would survive the drive from Fayetteville to Denver. We nudged her to put it out to the Time Exchange and see if somebody who knew that kind of thing would respond. Fortunately there a response, and he could reassure her that her car was sound for the trip. He tossed in a bit more information about what to watch for in the future. And he earned 1.5 hours of time credits for it. You’re always invited to come […]

Tues June 28 – 6:00-7:30 pm Omni Center in-person (unless covid numbers are too bad) The first kickoff potluck of the NWA Time Exchange was terrific! 26 people plus kids came to start on this great mutual aid project. Thank you to all of you! The next potluck will be Tuesday June 28 at Omni. Let’s meet at 6:00 pm, since some folks wanted to start and finish a bit earlier. Please join us Omni folks. We’ll keep this as covid safe as we can, and respond to whatever the situation is at that time. But let’s give it as […]

Lots MORE NEW tips emerging. The committee needs to review it all. They’ll be announcing the next hearing in July. Stay tuned. Here’s the House committee channel. They’ll broadcast during their live hearings: https://january6th.house.gov/news/watch-live PBS NewsHour will carry the hearings live with reporting and analysis. Check your local listings to find the PBS station near you, or watch online here or in the player at the link below. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-to-watch-the-jan-6-hearings Here is the YouTube link for PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL2inz487U

The conservatives of the Supreme Court have overturned Roe v Wade as they promised. Uncharted waters open up and no right is left sacred now.. Don’t wait to voice your protest. Attend the rally tonight on The Town Square at 6:30 . https://www.facebook.com/events/5068287766590774?ref=newsfeed

Please write to the US Forest Service in Arkansas: Don’t cut the mature trees in the Buffalo River headwaters Do you care about trees? Most of us do. Activists from Newton County report that the Forest Service policy of clearing mature trees in the headwaters of the upper Buffalo promises to be extremely dangerous to the purity of the water and safety for the drinking water of people who live along the river. It’s a commitment to profit that says the value of mature trees is only measured in dollars from loggers. It does not take into account the environmental […]