Arkansas fiscal session begins this week; proposed budget expected to pass with few changes • Arkansas Advocate
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Arkansas lawmakers will convene the state’s eighth fiscal session Wednesday, beginning the process of finalizing the state budget for fiscal year 2025, which starts July 1 and ends June 30, 2025. The fiscal session lasts a maximum of 30 days unless three-fourths of the House and Senate vote to extend it. Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, […]
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Arkansas voters might decide future of state’s freedom of information law in November
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Petitions for two Freedom of Information ballot initiatives are gaining traction in the lead up to November’s election—if they receive the signatures needed, Arkansans will be able to decide if they want to enshrine Arkansas’ FOIA law in the state constitution with an amendment…as well as make changes to the existing […]
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Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space
Governor Sanders, Arkansas leaders call on Board of Corrections to open bed space | KATVPlease ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibility Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:02:16 GMT (1700254936880) 6791766af41e710e4b2f28893ca799d8ba95d809 fae0b8cf13d31cc0333befed8702566d78ef17a8 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Click Here For This Articles Original Source.
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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 Advocate : Lawmakers offer narrower change to Arkansas FOIA after bipartisan pushback | Regional News
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- September 13, 2023
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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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Both sides respond on Arkansas teacher pay bill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – Both the Arkansas House and Senate Democrats continue to push for higher teacher pay and filed a bill on Thursday, Jan 28 called the RAISE Act of 2023 according to our content-sharing partner. Both Republicans and Democrats said they want higher teacher salaries, but the way to do it is […]
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Bart Hester begins time as Arkansas State Senate
Bart Hester addresses Arkansas State Senate for his first time as senate president Updated: 12:46 PM CST Jan 9, 2023 Hide Transcript Show Transcript So members, I wanna, I wanna thank you for this opportunity and I’d like to start by welcoming senator Bryant of Rogers center. Um letting *** Fayetteville and the 33 rest […]
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Arkansas leaders lay out priorities on education
Sunrise Anchor and Reporter Leaders of Arkansas House, Senate talk priorities for 2023 Updated: 11:04 AM CST Dec 5, 2022 Hide Transcript Show Transcript joining us now is Senator Bart Hester? Senator Bart Hester, You’ve been serving as *** senator of Arkansas for *** couple of years now. You were district number one. But there’s […]
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