The Arkansas Legislative Council meetings for this week have been cancelled because of the winter storm that moved into central Arkansas on Sunday and will be held next week, council co-chairs Sen. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, and Rep. Jeff Wardlaw, R-Hermitage said Monday.
“Wardlaw and I were ready to go,” Rice said, but “it is dangerous for some people to go, so we erred on the side of safety.”
Wardlaw said other lawmakers urged him to cancel this week’s meetings and reschedule them for next week because of the weather.
On Jan. 23, the council’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Subcommittee will meet 10 a.m., the Review Subcommittee will meet at 1:30 p.m., and the personnel subcommittee will meet at 3 p.m., Bureau of Legislative Research Director Marty Garrity said in an email about rescheduling this week’s meetings for next week.
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