Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn't even want to use right now. But questions about its cost and how its purchase was handled haven’t gone away so easily. read more >
Last week’s attempt to weaken Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act won’t be the last. 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 retreated on legislation to undercut the state’s open records law, bowing to a torrent of public support of the Freedom of Information Act. read more >
Constituents on Monday swayed lawmakers against provisions that would allow withholding a wide array of records now open to public requests. read more >
Her legislative priorities include overhauling the state's education system, cutting income taxes and adopting new public safety measures. read more >
A ruling last week against the Arkansas Times has pushed its publisher to the doorsteps of the nation's highest court. read more >
The legislation sets aside $50 million to give $5,000 one-time payments to city and county law enforcement officers. read more >
Two years after the Arkansas Legislature scaled back the state's decades-old law protecting public access to government records, lawmakers are considering making even more information secret. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers are proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to limit damages awarded in lawsuits. read more >
An Arkansas newspaper is asking a federal judge to strike down a state law that requires government contractors to pledge to not boycott Israel or reduce their fees by 20 percent. read more >
Liquor stores throughout Arkansas have seen total sales fall an average of 5.5 percent since expanded sales of wine in grocery stores went into effect Oct. 1, according to a report released Monday. read more >
Among the many new laws that Arkansas legislators approved last year was a requirement that contractors bidding on state jobs sign a pledge they are not boycotting Israel. read more >
The toughest job for a task force looking at an overhaul of Arkansas' tax code will be resisting pressure from a list of lobbying groups hoping to protect exemption. read more >
Ten Republicans and six Democrats have been named to serve on a legislative task force that will recommend tax cuts before the 2019 session. read more >
A proposal in the Arkansas Legislature to allow grocery stores to sell more wines passed in the House on Wednesday, after failing its first vote there on Monday. read more >
The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether the city or the state should prevail in a disagreement over banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. read more >
A bill that would establish education savings accounts in Arkansas is breaking new ground in school choice legislation, according to its sponsor. But critics say it could pose major fiscal problems for Arkansas if passed in its current form. read more >
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking lawmakers to form a task force to recommend further changes to the state's tax code, calling for deeper reforms as he faces divisions with fellow Republicans over dueling tax cut plans. read more >
A new rule allowing counselors to refer clients elsewhere if they have a religious or moral objection to treating them is a sign that the debate over a law that was upended in the final days of last year's legislative session is far from over. read more >
