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Last week the Arkansas state board of election commissioners met and voted to approve a declaratory order that would halt some voter registration forms that are signed electronically.
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The Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners met earlier today, passing an emergency order that would not permit county clerks from accepting electronic signatures on voter registration applications.
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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.
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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is making one of the pillars of her education policy school choice. Details of that plan have been sparse so far, and terms like “parental choice,” “school vouchers,” and “educational savings account” may leave people more confused than informed.
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State Rep. Julie Mayberry has proposed House Bill 1103, which would create a universal newborn home nurse program free of charge to all in Arkansas.
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A bill has been pre-filed for the 2023 general session that would ban the use of the social media app TikTok on any government-issued device. Experts and lawmakers weigh in on the impact of such a decision.
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After 86 years of statehood, women were finally allowed to serve in the state legislature in Arkansas. 100 years later, authors Lindsley and Stephen Smith celebrate the nearly 150 women who have led their constituents.
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We've made it to Election Day. To celebrate the day, the hosts of Natural election made their own game show.
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The 24th annual Arkansas Poll reveals feelings of likely voters ahead of 2022 midterms.
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Recreational marijuana is on this year's ballot in Arkansas, and travel guru Rick Steves says the many tropes about marijuana use are untrue and that regulating recreational use provides users the civil liberties they deserve.