David Sterling
Dr. Soriano-Baron Named Co-director of Spine Services at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
He serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine departments of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. read more >
Courtney Goodson Calls Election A Win Over Outside Spending
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice who won re-election after conservative groups spent nearly $2.5 million trying to unseat her called the result a victory over outside groups trying to reshape state courts across the country. read more >
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Courtney Goodson Wins Re-Election Despite Outside Spending
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice won re-election Tuesday night, surviving a flurry of attack ads and mailers from a Washington-based conservative group that spent more than $1.2 million in the weeks leading up to the midterm trying to unseat her. read more >
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Heated Congressional, Court Races on Arkansas Midterm Ballot
A push by Democrats to flip a Republican-held congressional seat that represents the Little Rock area and a state Supreme Court race that has drawn heavy spending by a conservative interest group have drawn the most attention in Arkansas' midterm election. read more >
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Courtney Goodson Says She Voted Against Raise Request
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice suing to block a Washington-based group's attacks against her said Wednesday that she voted against requesting a pay raise for her and other members of the court, contrary to what the group claims in one of its mailers. read more >
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Courtney Goodson Sues Again to Stop Outside Attack Ads
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson sues to block a Washington-based conservative group's attack ads and mailers. read more >
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Group Spends $1.1M Against Courtney Goodson
A Washington-based group says it's spent $1.1 million so far this fall on mailers and TV ads in the race to oust a Supreme Court justice in Arkansas, including a new spot similar to one by another group that a state judge temporarily blocked from airing earlier this year. read more >
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Kavanaugh Fight Mirrors Races for State Supreme Courts, Including in Arkansas
The bitterly partisan fight over President Donald Trump's pick for the nation's highest court, and the questions it has raised about the judiciary's independence, mirror what voters are seeing in state supreme court races around the country. read more >
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Bitter, Expensive Fight for Arkansas Court Seat to Drag On
A bitter and expensive fight for an Arkansas Supreme Court seat that drew more than $1 million in outside spending and a flurry of attack ads will drag on for another six months. read more >
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Stay Suspicious II (Editorial)
Judge Doug Martin’s failure to recuse himself from Courtney Goodson's case at the start undercuts faith in the judicial system and is just as worrisome as the dark money seeking to influence the Supreme Court election. read more >
In Northwest Arkansas, Judge Halts Ad Bashing Courtney Goodson
A northwest Arkansas judge temporarily blocked some TV stations from running a conservative group's ad targeting a state Supreme Court justice seeking re-election. read more >
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Stay Suspicious (Editorial)
So-called dark money has again made its presence known in the race for Arkansas Supreme Court, and it’s just as noxious as it was two years ago. read more >
Courtney Goodson Again Fending Off Outside Spending
A conservative interest group that spent heavily two years ago to keep a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court from becoming chief justice has her in its sights again, though it's unclear why it has singled out her instead of the two men running for her seat, since all three have hinted at or touted conservative views. read more >
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Group Again Focusing on Arkansas Supreme Court Race with Ads
Washington-based conservative group is preparing to launch television ads criticizing an Arkansas Supreme Court justice seeking re-election, two years after the group spent more than $600,000 on TV spots targeting the justice during her unsuccessful bid to lead the state's highest court. read more >
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Appellate Judge Seeks Arkansas Supreme Court Seat
An Arkansas appellate judge said Tuesday he's running for state Supreme Court justice, creating a three-person race for a high court that has been the focus of expensive campaigns by outside conservative groups. read more >
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Outside Groups May Factor in Arkansas Court Race (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Courtney Goodson and David Sterling are about to face off in what could be another costly and heated fight for a state high court seat that could overshadow other races on the ballot this year. read more >
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Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson to Seek Re-Election
Justice Courtney Goodson will run in the May election for her Supreme Court seat, and David Sterling, an attorney for the state Department of Human Services, plans to challenge her. read more >
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DHS Director Announces Agency Reorganization
The director of the state Department of Human Services on Tuesday announced a reorganization of the massive agency, creating a structure made of centralized offices with chiefs that report directly to her. read more >
Lawyer: ‘Fraud’ Put Minimum Wage Issue on Arkansas’ Ballot
The lawyer for a businessman who opposes an effort to raise Arkansas' minimum wage said Monday that placing the issue before voters would be an endorsement of fraud. read more >
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Stephens Attorney: ‘Sloppy Process’ Put Wage Hike on the Ballot
A lawyer for a Little Rock businessman who hopes to strike a minimum wage increase from next month's ballot told a special master for the state Supreme Court on Thursday that a "sloppy process" doomed the idea from the start. read more >
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