Blue Hog Report
Matt Campbell Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Matt Campbell, the former blogger behind the Blue Hog Report, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Jan. 8, listing debts over $414,000, including student loans, taxes, and pending malpractice lawsuits. read more >
Blue Hog Blues: Matt Campbell Faces Legal Malpractice Suits
Campbell “is engaged in a systemic slipshod practice of law,” according to a June 4 lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court. read more >
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Blue Hog Blogger Matt Campbell Joins Arkansas Times
The Little Rock lawyer known for exposing official wrongdoing through the Arkansas FOIA is shifting to full-time reporting. read more >
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Trough Runneth Over For Matt Campbell and Blue Hog
It seems everybody’s high on the Blue Hog. OK, perhaps not Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott and his team. read more >
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A Fish Story (Editorial)
Land Commissioner John Thurston has countered criticisms of his spending $27,000 of taxpayers’ money on a boat by calling the criticism “D.C. politics.” We can’t see where Washington enters into it. Unless ... read more >
Facebook Settles Matt Campbell’s Privacy Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by Little Rock lawyer Matt Campbell against Facebook over alleged privacy violations has been settled. read more >
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Little Rock Law Firm Carney Bates Going Into the Breach Against Google
Carney Bates & Pulliam PLLC, the Little Rock law firm representing Matt Campbell in his lawsuit against Facebook, also is handling a potential class-action privacy lawsuit against Google and is involved in several other high-profile data breach cases. read more >
Matt Campbell Lawsuit Against Facebook Advances
Little Rock lawyer and blogger Matt Campbell’s lawsuit against Facebook cleared a big hurdle this week when a federal judge in California granted in part a motion to certify it as a class action. read more >
Arkansas Judicial Candidate Kent Tester Quits Over Text with Slur
A central Arkansas district court candidate is withdrawing from the race after acknowledging that he sent a text message containing a racial epithet. read more >
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Matt Campbell’s Greatest Hits: A Timeline of the Blue Hog Report
Matt Campbell has broken a number of important stories that have led to resignations of public figures: Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, Circuit Judge Michael Maggio and interim Little Rock School Superintendent Dexter Suggs. read more >
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Blue Hog’s Matt Campbell Suing Facebook Over Privacy Terms
Blue Hog Report blogger and Little Rock lawyer Matt Campbell is the lead named plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Facebook. read more >
Matt Campbell of the Blue Hog Report Keeps on Digging
Matt Campbell, viewing Arkansas politics with the eyes of a liberal outsider trained in the law, has brought down three major public officials in the last two years because, he says, he doesn’t like bullies and he thinks people should play by the rules. read more >
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Intellectual Dishonesty (Editorial)
Under Associated Press style rules, most of which we have adopted at Arkansas Business, the honorific Dr. is reserved for medical doctors, dentists, veterinarians and the like — not for Ph.Ds. Therefore, we would never have called the interim superintendent of the Little Rock School District “Dr.” Dexter Suggs in the first place. read more >
Dexter Suggs Resigns From LRSD Amid Plagiarism Allegations
Little Rock School District interim Superintendent Dexter Suggs has resigned from the district, the state Department of Education said Tuesday. read more >
Nursing Home Magnate Michael Morton Considered a Top Political Donor
Nursing home magnate Michael Morton has long been considered a go-to guy for those looking to raise political campaign money in Arkansas. read more >
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Mark Martin Pays Back $2,100 for Homestead Tax Credits
Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin has paid $2,100 to Benton County for improperly receiving tax credits on two homes over the past three years, and indicated he planned to make more payments for claiming both houses as his primary residence. read more >
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Blogger Matt Campbell Sues Mark Darr Over Personal Cell Phone Number
A lawyer and blogger is suing Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr for withholding his personal cell phone number from an open records request. read more >
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