Sanders’ Education Reform (Editorial)
Improving education in Arkansas is vital. So is protecting the public school system that undergirds the state’s communities. read more >
Improving education in Arkansas is vital. So is protecting the public school system that undergirds the state’s communities. read more >
Though still in its infancy, the future of mobile sports betting in Arkansas looks promising as more casinos gain approval and launch apps. read more >
Legislators have referred three proposed constitutional amendments for voters to either enact or reject by a majority vote. Here's information about each one. read more >
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson last week held his nose and allowed to become law without his signature two identical bills, SB739 and HB1977, that allow employees to opt out of workplace vaccination requirements. read more >
Those in positions of authority are sometimes advised to praise the behaviors they want to see more often. To that end, as voters we aim to please. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed legislation that will raise an estimated $95 million annually for the state’s highways, but a public policy group says the sales tax portion is too regressive. read more >
The long-delayed Arkansas highway funding initiative moved along this week, passing a Senate committee with one official no vote. read more >
Everyone knows the reason for a lobbyist's existence: to persuade lawmakers to do what the lobbyist wants him to do. But when lobbyists actually pay lawmakers — well, that’s influence of a whole other magnitude. read more >
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Performance Review Committee have questions about the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ contract for emergency room and orthopedic services at Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway. read more >
A law which throws out a whole page of signatures if even one signer on the page is not a registered voter in the county is an example of the state Legislature interfering with the right of the people to petition the government. read more >
Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam is leading an effort to increase access to high-speed Internet across the state Arkansas historically lags other states in Internet access, and Gillam is seeking legislative action to expand it. read more >
Arkansas voters gave their legislators more power in last week's balloting, whether they intended to or not. read more >
After Tuesday's voting, Republicans hold a 63-34 edge over Democrats. Three races remained too close to call Wednesday. If current tallies in those races hold, the GOP would have a 64-36 lead in the lower chamber next year. read more >
There are still a few races yet to be called, but what we know already about the results from Tuesday's election in the state legislature sets up what is sure to be an interesting battle over the state's private option. read more >
Republicans have locked up control of the Arkansas Legislature for 2015. read more >
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law measures approved during this week's special session addressing teacher health insurance premiums, new limits on the lottery and additional funding for state prisons. read more >
With short-term fixes in place on teacher health insurance premiums, prison overcrowding and new limits on the lottery, Arkansas lawmakers shifted their attention Wednesday to finding longer term answers when they return for next year's legislative session. read more >
The Arkansas House and Senate have approved separate measures calling for a moratorium on electronic lottery games like keno, lining up the chambers to adjourn their special session in the early hours Wednesday. read more >
The Arkansas Senate has approved legislation that would prevent large premium increases for the state's public school employees. read more >
House and Senate leaders said they planned to meet at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday to hold what's expected to be the final votes on measures addressing teacher insurance premiums, prison overcrowding and new lottery restrictions. read more >
