David Ray

Signing two petitions is the first step to protecting our right to government records. read more >

Businesses and consumers in Arkansas and the rest of the country spent 2023 in the shadow of rising interest rates. Businesses dealt with other adversity, including rising insurance rates and a deadly March tornado. Other stories this year were more hopeful. read more >

Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act is still at risk, so a constitutional amendment is urgent. read more >

This year has seen multiple attempts to limit our open records law, and the hits will keep coming. read more >

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the sunshine law puts her and other elected officials at risk. Press groups, lawyers and even a couple of Republican read more >

Draft legislation to limit the scope of Arkansas’ open meetings and records law could be up for debate in a special legislative session. read more >

Concerns about Attorney General Tim Griffin’s proposal to review the state’s FOI Act are rational. read more >

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has formed a group to look at changing the state's law on public meetings and records. read more >

The recent failed assault on the FOIA was cynically pitched as making our law more like those of other states. read more >

Many are relieved by the failure of bills that took aim at Arkansas’ strong Freedom of Information Act and current law that requires public notices to be published in newspapers. read more >

A legislative proposal to gut the state’s Freedom of Information Act is an insult to taxpayers. read more >

Arkansas State University announces a change of leadership for Campus Queretaro: David Ray is stepping down as vice rector and Thilla Sivakumaran will take over in an interim capacity. read more >

Arkansas State University has hired David Ray as the new vice rector for its academic campus in Queretaro, Mexico, effective Jan. 1. read more >

The defeat of an effort to put a highway initiative on the Arkansas ballot next year leaves highway advocates few options for finding new ways to close a growing funding gap. read more >

Arkansas lawmakers appeared split Wednesday on what changes, if any, are needed to how justices are chosen after conservative groups overwhelmed the state with TV ads and mailers in two state Supreme Court races this year. read more >