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Arkansas lawmakers reject proposed language to clarify applicability of purchasing laws

(Screenshot courtesy of Arkansas Legislature) Arkansas lawmakers declined to vote Wednesday on proposed language in an appropriation bill that would have classified several executive branch offices as ... read more

Bill attempting to clarify Arkansas accounting and budgetary law following lectern audit fails in legislature

One week after a legislative audit stated Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office was in potential violation of state law over a $19,000 lectern purchase, a lawmaker tried to take action. read more

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

Democratic lawmakers said their qualms about reducing ACHI’s funding existed alongside their support for increasing midwifery services in Arkansas. read more

Gov. Sanders orders US and Arkansas flags flown at half-staff in honor of former governor

Pryor, 89, who also served as governor of Arkansas, died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Little Rock. read more

Arkansas bans electronic voter registration signatures, voting groups call 'shameful'

Voting registration groups criticize the state's Board of Election emergency rule to ban e-signatures on voter registration forms ... read more

Arkansas legislative panel backs Sanders’ request to exceed maximum pay for 6 state officials

The Arkansas Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Thursday signed off on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request to grant 2% merit pay raises to the secretaries of the state departments of commerce, ... read more

Arkansas Legislative Charity 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament Set for April 22

Arkansas House of Representatives members will take on members of the Senate in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament for charity. read more

Legislative briefs: Arkansas panel endorses funds to reimburse county jails

House Bill 1095 would re-appropriate $1.16 million to Arkansas PBS from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Grant and Trust Fund in fiscal 2025. The House voted 67-23 in favor of the bill, ... read more

Officials say Arkansas’ tourism strategy should play to its outdoors strength

Arkansas should focus on its strengths, particularly its easily accessible and affordable outdoor spaces, the state’s first gentleman said Wednesday (April 24) at Power Up Little Rock, an economic ... read more

Arkansas Blog

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. The two crypto ... read more

Bill attempting to clarify Arkansas accounting, budgetary law fails in legislature

A lawmaker’s effort to address a state law violation stemming from the purchase of a lectern by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office has failed. read more

Arkansas bans electronic voter registration signatures, a move voting groups call 'shameful'

On Tuesday, the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners banned e-signatures on voter registration forms as part of a controversial emergency rule. read more