Arkansas AG approves ballot titles for transparency amendment
Arkansas’ attorney general approved ballot titles for a referendum that could eventually enshrine existing Freedom of Information Act laws into the state constitution.Tim Griffin certified the popular name and ballot title for four different versions of the proposed constitutional amendments.This came a day after the group, Arkansas Citizens for Transparency, filed a lawsuit against Griffin, […]
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Arkansas governor seeks exemption on travel and security records, backs off other changes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public’s access to records about Sanders’ administration, but they said they will still seek limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security. Republican lawmakers filed […]
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Effort to restrict public’s access to Arkansas records stumbles at start of legislative session
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ proposal to restrict the public’s access to records about her administration, travel and security stumbled at the outset of a special legislative session that convened Monday, with lawmakers trying to rework the legislation in the face of growing criticism that it erodes the state’s open […]
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