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Arkansas lawmakers propose amendments as passage of fiscal 2025 budget nears • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas’ 2024 fiscal session, which was initially projected to end this week, is now expected to end May 2 or possibly the following week, House Speaker Matthew Shepherd said Thursday. During the final days of the session, the Legislature will pass the fiscal year 2025 budget, also known as the Revenue Stabilization Act. The Joint […]

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Arkansas lawmakers reject proposed language to clarify applicability of purchasing laws • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas lawmakers declined to vote Wednesday on proposed language in an appropriation bill that would have classified several executive branch offices as state “agencies” in light of a controversy over whether certain state purchasing laws apply to the governor’s office. An audit report made public last week found potential violations of several laws in the […]

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Arkansas lawmakers consider shifting funds from health care data hub to UAMS midwifery program • Arkansas Advocate

An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday approved diverting funds from a state health care data hub to start a midwifery education program at the state’s largest medical school. Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, proposed removing the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement from a section of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appropriations bill and rewriting […]

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Audit report finds several potential breaches of Arkansas law in governor’s $19K lectern purchase • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Legislative Audit’s report on the $19,000 purchase of a lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office found several instances of “potential noncompliance” with state law and has been sent to the state attorney general and Pulaski County’s prosecuting attorney. Members of Sanders’ staff used a state-issued credit card to buy the lectern and a […]

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Auditor: Report on Arkansas governor’s lectern purchase should be finished in March

Arkansas’ chief legislative auditor expects to complete a report on the investigation of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the end of next month, but it’s unclear when the report will be made public. Auditors began investigating the controversial purchase immediately upon approval from the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee on Oct. […]

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Arkansas Senate confirms former GOP Sen. Jason Rapert to state library board

Former Arkansas state senator Jason Rapert, a Conway Republican who runs a national organization promoting conservative Christian public policies, became one of the newest members of the Arkansas State Library Board on Friday. A bipartisan group of 10 senators opposed Rapert’s appointment, which Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in November. Twenty-two Senate Republicans voted to […]

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Arkansas lawmakers question claims of teacher shortages | Arkansas

(The Center Square) – Members of the Arkansas Legislative Council grilled officials from the Department of Education on Thursday after they asked for a rule change on teacher licenses. An emergency rule would have allowed school districts to hire teachers with provisional licenses enrolled in an alternate educator preparation program. The candidate would be required to have […]