Worth Sparkman

Worth Sparkman is a journalist at Axios, covering politics. He has written about the Arkansas abortion amendment disqualified from ballot, Northwest Arkansas Council makes shattering offer for 50 businesses, Crisis response rate in Arkansas still lower than U.S. average, Monday Munchies: Roll & Fold in Rogers, Northwest Arkansas' housing market has cooled from 2022, and other topics related to politics and local news. He joined Axios in [INSERT DATE] and is based in [INSERT LOCATION].

Biography:  https://www.axios.com/authors/wsparkman

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Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

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Conflicts of Interest

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Contradictions

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  • Secretary of State John Thurston rejected the submission due to failure to submit a statement identifying all paid canvassers by name and provide proper documentation and training.
  • The number of valid signatures was reduced to 87,382 when signatures gathered by paid canvassers were removed, falling below the threshold for ballot inclusion.
  • The proposed amendment would allow abortion through the first 18 weeks of pregnancy and in cases of rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly or to save the pregnant person's life.

Deceptions

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Recent Articles

Arkansas Rejects Abortion-Rights Ballot Measure, Sparking Controversy

Arkansas Rejects Abortion-Rights Ballot Measure, Sparking Controversy

Broke On: Wednesday, 10 July 2024 Arkansas officials rejected abortion-rights ballot measure petitions, citing missing statements regarding paid signature gatherers. The proposed constitutional amendment aimed to bar laws banning abortion in the first 20 weeks of gestation with exceptions. Organizers submitted over 101,000 signatures but fell short of the required amount with approximately 87,382 valid signatures. The rejection came after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling removed the nationwide right to abortion and sparked a national push for state-level decisions on the issue.