Freelance columnist at Ark. Democrat-Gazette
Debra Hale-Shelton is a freelance columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, focusing on local news and issues in Arkansas, particularly in the Little Rock area. With a strong emphasis on social justice and feminism, Debra's writing covers a range of topics including politics, law enforcement, healthcare, and community events.
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Debra Hale-Shelton's articles primarily focus on local political and legal issues in Arkansas, particularly related to government announcements and legal policy regulation. She also covers topics concerning health and well-being.
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After mass shootings, gun rights advocates often say it's not the time to discuss gun control. If so, it's also not the time to discuss weakening such control.
Debra Hale-Shelton is a veteran, award-winningn journalist who previously was a reporter and briefly an opinion columnist for the Arkansas
By: Debra Hale-Shelton, Brian Chilson
Almost a year after Patty Hector walked out of the Saline County Library System for the last time as its director, she is busy again, this time campaigning for a seat on the county’s Quorum Court that facilitated her firing.
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
David Michael Camden is to be sentenced in January.
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
In a clear rebuke of government-approved censorship, a federal judge ordered Crawford County officials late Monday to stop segregating library books with LGBTQ+ themes into a special section with stigmatizing color labels.
We can call it whatever we want — segregating books, burning books, putting them above a child's reach, or branding them with the equivalent of a scarlet letter when they don't jibe with our religion or politics. But it's still book banning, it's still unconstitutional, and it's still wrong.
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
A former Preferred Family Healthcare clinic in Morrilton, Ark. Credit: BENJI HARDY
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
Remember Linda Hargis? She’s the Conway School Board member who’s known for her staunch anti-transgender views and for a recent bout of drinking beer and tequila before getting behind the wheel.
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
The Conway School Board now has an almost direct line to make sure everything it does pleases Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. On Tuesday night, the board voted 4-1 to appoint Thomas Kennedy, the husband of Sanders’ chief legal counsel, as its newest member.
By: Debra Hale-Shelton
A federal judge sentenced former Crawford County sheriff's deputies Levi White and Zackary King this week for their roles in the brutal arrest of a man in Mulberry about two years ago.
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