By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! A former Arkansas teacher is suing the Russellville School District after he was fired over a social media post following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death last year. The lawsuit is the latest in a string of cases nationwide filed by public employees who lost their jobs over similar posts or comments. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
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Charlie Kirk at the 2021 AmericaFest conference in Phoenix. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Ainsley Platt
A former Arkansas high school teacher accused the Russellville School District in a federal lawsuit Wednesday of violating his First Amendment rights when it fired him last year over a post he made on social media alluding to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.
Cars in a parking lot at an apartment complex in Washington, D.C. In recent years, housing shortages have prompted more cities and states to scale back or even eliminate minimum parking requirements. (Photo by Scott S. Greenberger/Stateline)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
Since 2019, at least 14 states have enacted 34 laws reducing or eliminating parking minimums, according to the Parking Reform Network, a coalition of groups that opposes minimums.
A man gets a checkup at a mobile health clinic in Parlier, Calif. A new report details preliminary Obamacare insurer premium rate increases. (Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, which would be a double-digit hike for the second year in a row, according to a new analysis of preliminary rate filings.
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