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A special session in Arkansas brought together concerned citizens from across the political spectrum to unite on one thing: the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Attorney David Couch and former lawmaker Nate Bell are leading the charge to bring an amendment to the ballot in 2024. -
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders/FacebookThe FOIA bill Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders initially proposed is very different from the one that gained final approval from lawmakers last week, Little Rock Public Radio's Josie Lenora reports.
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Concerns and changes to the process of voting in America is nothing new. A reemergence of pre-printed paper ballots may make elections more burdensome. -
A new scholarship through the Arkansas Community Foundation has been set up to award a student at Little Rock Central who excels in the AP African American Studies course.
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Every odd year, the Arkansas Secretary of State combs through the voter roll to correct and remove registered voters information. This year, hundreds of names are incorrectly marked as "inactive" on the list.
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A law by the Arkansas General Assembly last winter allowing for no interference by local governments on installation of new cryptocurrency data centers needs to be repealed says Republican state Sen. Bryan King. Lawmakers, he says, passed the law in haste, failing to understand the implications.
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Arkansas teacher pay has been an ongoing discussion for a long time. But with Arkansas LEARNS passed by legislators, the conversations have increased.
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With the Arkansas legislature on a break this week, Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, discusses the lack of action he believes has been done so far, explains why he voted against the LEARNS Act and worries about how to fund education and prison legislation.
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42 states, the District of Columbia and Guam have made it possible to register to vote online. Arkansas is not one of those 42 states. But, there is a new house bill that could make it 43 states.
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Sen. Clint Penzo, R-Springdale, is the lead sponsor of Senate Bill 206. If passed, it would mandate local school board elections to become partisan elections, among other amendments to the current laws around elections.
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The intent of Arkansas Senate Bill 81, sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, is to force librarians to remove child and young adult reading materials classified by conservative Christian politicians and parents as obscene — or face arrest. Similar censorship bills and laws are being promulgated across the country to ban access by young people to literature illuminating civil rights, racial history, social justice and sex education.
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The Arkansas Senate advanced Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' omnibus education legislation. The bill passed 25-7 with Sen. Jimmy Hickey being the sole Republican to vote no against the bill.
