Arkansas
Arkansas Advocate : Arkansas officials’ security records shielded from public under altered FOIA law | Regional News
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law Thursday altering the state’s Freedom of Information Act, one of her stated goals of the special legislative session she called for this week. Senate Bill 10, which passed the Senate on Wednesday and the House on Thursday, shields from public access all records and communications concerning the […]
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Arkansas
Arkansas Advocate : Lawmakers offer narrower change to Arkansas FOIA after bipartisan pushback | Regional News
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Google-News-Wire
- September 13, 2023
- alexa henning
- allison bragg
- arkansas advocate
- arkansas press association
- Arkansas State Police
- bart hester
- bill kopsky
- blake johnson
- dean travinski
- doug elms
- jim hudson
- jimmie cavin
- joey mccutchen
- matt campbell
- mike hagar
- private security contractor
- safe haven security group
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- security protocols
- senate committee on state agencies and governmental affairs
After two days of bipartisan backlash against proposed changes to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act, lawmakers late Tuesday filed narrower legislation to exempt information related to security services provided to the governor and other state officials. It’s the third attempt in as many business days to alter the state’s 1967 public records law. The first […]
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