Arkansas Senate approves seven potential bills to regulate cryptocurrency mines • Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Senate cleared the way Thursday for lawmakers to take up several potential amendments to a 2023 law that limited the state’s ability to regulate cryptocurrency mining operations. Act 851 of 2023, or the Arkansas Data Centers Act, was introduced just over a week before the 2023 legislative session ended and passed both chambers […]
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Improving Arkansas prison mental health services focus of legislative hearing
Formerly incarcerated individuals and prison reform advocates told lawmakers Monday that inadequate mental health services is one of the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ biggest problems. LeDeana Biddle, founder of the nonprofit advocacy group Arkansas Department of Corrections Family Support, was one of a dozen people who told the Joint Committee on State Agencies and Governmental […]
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Arkansas state senator suspended over filing frivolous complaint
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas state senator won’t have access to Senate offices and can’t participate in legislative meetings after the Senate on Tuesday ruled he made a frivolous ethics complaint against a fellow lawmaker in retaliation for sanctions he received earlier this year. By a 26-4 vote, the majority-Republican Senate approved its ethics committee’s […]
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Arkansas Senate will decide Monday whether to sanction two members | Arkansas
(The Center Square) – The Arkansas Senate will decide Monday whether to sanction two of its members. Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Little Rock, said he did not know Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, was not at a June 3 Boys State meeting when Johnson signed a sheet for him at Clark’s request. Clark requested per diem pay […]
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Arkansas Senator facing sanctions says his actions were a “misunderstanding” | Arkansas
(The Center Square) – One of two Arkansas senators cited by the Senate Ethics Committee told The Center Square the incident in question was a “misunderstanding.” Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Little Rock, will be reprimanded and removed from his leadership positions if the full Senate agrees with recommendations made by the committee. Johnson would also not […]
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Arkansas Senate must decide whether to sanction two of its members | Arkansas
(The Center Square) – It’s up to the Arkansas Senate to decide if two senators will face sanctions based on a recommendation by the ethics committee. Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Little Rock, signed in Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, at a Boys State event on June 3 even though he knew Clark was not there, according to […]
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