Arkansas lawmakers question governor’s lectern purchase, potential law violations found in audit • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- April 17, 2024
- arkansas legislative audit
- Beckett Events
- carol dalby
- cortney kennedy
- FOIA
- Freedom Of Information Act
- john payton
- judd deere
- julie mayberry
- kim hammer
- lectern
- Legislative Joint Auditing Committee
- mark johnson
- matt campbell
- missy irvin
- podium
- procurement
- Prosecuting Attorney
- Republican Party of Arkansas
- robin lundstrum
- Ryan Owsley
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tim griffin
- tippi mccullough
Arkansas lawmakers questioned representatives of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin on Tuesday in light of Monday’s audit report that highlighted several potential breaches of state law in the $19,000 purchase of a lectern for Sanders’ office last year. The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee heard the report and voted with no dissent […]
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Rules governing Arkansas community service graduation requirement approved for public comment • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas school districts have already begun helping students meet a new community service graduation requirement as state officials work to approve final rules for the program. Under the LEARNS Act, a sweeping new education law, Arkansas students must complete 75 hours of community hours to graduate, starting with this year’s freshman class. De Queen superintendent […]
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Arkansas lawmakers approve reversal of gender-neutral driver’s license policy • Arkansas Advocate
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Google-News-Wire
- March 15, 2024
- arkansas department of finance and administration
- arkansas legislative council
- Clarke Tucker
- dmv
- drivers licenses
- gender identity
- gender neutral
- identification
- intersex
- Intransitive
- jim hudson
- lgbtq+
- missy irvin
- nonbinary
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tippi mccullough
- transgender
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 The state Department of Finance and Administration on Tuesday rescinded a policy that had been in place since 2010 allowing driver’s license holders […]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
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Google-News-Wire
- March 14, 2024
- arkansas department of finance and administration
- arkansas legislative council
- Clarke Tucker
- dmv
- drivers licenses
- gender identity
- gender neutral
- identification
- intersex
- Intransitive
- jim hudson
- lgbtq+
- missy irvin
- nonbinary
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- tippi mccullough
- transgender
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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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Both sides respond on Arkansas teacher pay bill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) – Both the Arkansas House and Senate Democrats continue to push for higher teacher pay and filed a bill on Thursday, Jan 28 called the RAISE Act of 2023 according to our content-sharing partner. Both Republicans and Democrats said they want higher teacher salaries, but the way to do it is […]
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