Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass budget as session kicks off
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is urging lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press April 10, 2024, 4:24 PM ET • 4 min read LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass her […]
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Things to know when the Arkansas Legislature convenes to take up a budget and other issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are convening at the Capitol and their top agenda item is taking up Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ $6.3 billion proposed budget for the coming year. The session also could include efforts to tweak or outright repeal a law dealing with cryptocurrency mining operations. Sanders, a Republican who took […]
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Arkansas governor proposes $6.3B budget as lawmakers prepare for session
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday proposed a $6.3 billion budget for the coming year, with most of the increase in spending going toward a school voucher program. Sanders’ budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 increases state spending by 1.76% over the previous year, with […]
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Ivey says ‘now is the time’ for a statewide vote on lottery and gambling bills | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called Tuesday night for the creation of a limited school voucher program and announced support for two controversial measures before lawmakers this year: gambling legislation and absentee ballot restrictions. Lawmakers kicked off the 2024 legislative session with key votes on gambling, elections and education looming. Ivey used […]
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Gambling, education, election bills before Alabama lawmakers in 2024 | State | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on Tuesday to begin the 2024 legislative session. Here are some issues to watch for as the session begins. EDUCATION VOUCHERS Republican Gov. Kay Ivey will back legislation creating education savings accounts, which typically allow parents to claim public money and use it for private school […]
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Gambling, education, election bills before Alabama lawmakers in 2024 | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers return to Montgomery on Tuesday to begin the 2024 legislative session. Here are some issues to watch for as the session begins. EDUCATION VOUCHERS Republican Gov. Kay Ivey will back legislation creating education savings accounts, which typically allow parents to claim public money and use it for private school […]
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School choice, medical freedom, women’s bill of rights among ALGOP’s legislative priorities | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) has released its legislative priorities with less than a week until the Alabama Legislature gavels in for the 2024 session. As lawmakers prepare to make their weekly treks to Montgomery to debate a bevy of issues, the state’s Republican leadership will push specific issues it believes are pressing for Alabamians. […]
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‘The Alabama GOP may as well be the party of teachers unions’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal called out Alabama for being among several Republican-led southern states to lag behind on school choice while its lawmakers receive big money from teachers’ unions. The op-ed by American Culture Project CEO John Tillman discussed the struggle to pass school choice but said the situation in […]
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Nearly 5,000 Arkansas Students, Dozens of Schools Apply for New Voucher Program – The 74
Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The academic year is already underway at Clear Spring School, one of 94 schools participating in the inaugural year of Arkansas’ education voucher program. Head of School Jessica FitzPatrick said the nearly 50-year-old independent school in Eureka Springs is participating […]
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Teachers Unions Spend Big on GOP State Lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Ten Republican-led states have passed universal school choice since 2021, yet much of the South is lagging. There’s a simple explanation: Many Republican lawmakers are teachers-union allies and likely need to be defeated in primary elections for school choice to pass. Republicans against school choice have largely couched their opposition by asserting that rural areas […]
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