Six of eight crypto mining resolutions fall short in Arkansas House • Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas House on Wednesday authorized the introduction of two bills proposing stricter regulations on cryptocurrency mining while six other proposals failed to gain enough votes. All of the proposed bills would have amended Act 851 of 2023, or the Arkansas Data Centers Act, which passed with bipartisan support and limited the state’s and local […]
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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 attorney general forms group to consider changes to state’s FOIA
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Google-News-Wire
- June 15, 2023
- arkansas
- Ashley Kemp Wimberley
- breanne davis
- Clarke Tucker
- David Ray
- Federal Government Of The United States
- FOIA Oversight And Implementation Act
- Freedom Of Information Act
- Freedom Of Information In The United States
- Freedom Of Information Laws By Country
- Government
- Jeff LeMaster
- John Payne
- john tull
- Law
- politics
- public records
- Ryan Owsley
- tim griffin
- United States
- Winthrop Rockefeller
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday formed a group to look at possible changes to the state’s Freedom of Information Act after efforts to scale back the open records and meeting law failed in this year’s legislative session. Griffin’s office said the seven-member Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Review Working […]
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Proposed amendment would change how salaries are set for lawmakers in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – A proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment would give lawmakers more control over setting their salaries. House Joint Resolution 1001 would add constitutional amendment to the 2024 ballot. If lawmakers pass the resolution, and voters approve the constitutional amendment, the Arkansas Independent Citizens Commission would be eliminated, according to our content-sharing partner. […]
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A breakdown of Issue 2 in Arkansas
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – With election season just around the corner, Region 8 News will begin to explain what issues you could see on the ballot. One of those issues Arkansans will see in the November election will be Issue 2. A vote for Issue 2 means support for increasing the percentage of votes required […]
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