Public Policy doctoral student. Interested in direct democracy, voting, reproductive justice, Arkansas news & journalism. ❤️ native plants & FOIA. NFPW board. Past president of Arkansas Press Women. Ex journalist. Former 312 feral child, Cubs fan.
Kristin Netterstrom Higgins
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5/ Experts point to several factors for why it came back:
1️⃣Cattle smuggling outside control zones
2️⃣In early 2025, roughly 15,000 USDA positions were eliminated, and a USAID-funded monitoring project was terminated
3️⃣ The loss of specialized expertise as generations of entomologists retire
People in my town are throwing a hissy fit over a gas station serving as a Greyhound pickup/drop off spot. The chamber president wrote a letter to the mayor about “lude” and nefarious activities.
There are similar opaque approaches happening in Las Cruces NM - data-mining center already under construction, $165B in muni bonds approved by county commissioners w/o voter approval, & when citizens demanded to hold a town hall to discuss the scheme the county commission scheduled it, then...
I suspect this is a mole hole in the middle of my graveled yard. Geez they’re not supposed to be so obvious!
