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Arkansas lawmakers approve reversal of gender-neutral driver’s license policy • Arkansas Advocate

This story was updated at 10:55 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2024. Arkansas lawmakers voted Friday to require driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs to reflect the gender listed on a person’s birth certificate. The state Department of Finance and Administration on Tuesday rescinded a policy that had been in place since 2010 allowing driver’s license holders […]

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Arkansas lawmakers set to vote on reversal of gender-neutral driver’s license policy • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas lawmakers will vote Friday to require driver’s licenses and state-issued IDs to reflect the gender listed on a person’s birth certificate. The state Department of Finance and Administration on Tuesday rescinded a policy that had been in place since 2010 allowing driver’s license holders to change their gender with no questions asked or to […]

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Arkansas income tax refunds up this year

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – More Arkansas taxpayers are getting money back this year. The Department of Finance and Administration announced Wednesday that it has issued 326,347 individual income tax refunds since filing season opened on Jan. 29. “This is an increase of 56,844 refunds from the same time frame in 2023, when refunds totaled 269,503,” […]

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Arkansas licenses and IDs will now reflect gender listed on birth certificate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Changes are coming for license holders and their gender on their IDs in Arkansas. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration announced a revision to its policies on gender for IDs. According to a press release, DFA is rescinding its existing administrative practice that allows license holders to change their […]

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders proposes state budget with 1.76% increase • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday proposed a 1.76% increase to next year’s state budget, a significantly smaller percentage jump than what has been proposed in recent years. Sanders in a letter to state lawmakers said the $6.3 billion general revenue budget proposal puts “an end to government’s spiraling growth.” The proposed fiscal 2025 […]

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Arkansas Advocate : Lawmakers offer narrower change to Arkansas FOIA after bipartisan pushback | Regional News

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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