by - March 16, 2017 5:26 pm
A bill that would create a pilot program allowing tax-credited donations for education savings accounts failed to pass the Arkansas House Thursday (March 16). The vote on the Arkansas Parental…
by - March 16, 2017 12:45 pm
The U.S. House Budget Committee on Thursday (March 16) advanced the American Health Care Act, with the two Arkansas members on the committee, U.S. Reps. Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman,…
by - March 15, 2017 7:41 pm
The House Rules Committee voted Wednesday (March 15) to ban the sale of marijuana edibles and to ban marijuana smoking in certain places and situations. House Bill 1392 by Robin…
by - March 15, 2017 6:33 pm
The sponsor of a bill that would require public facilities to designate single gender bathrooms and allow them to be sued after intrusions temporarily pulled her bill Wednesday because a…
by - March 15, 2017 6:04 pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would combine Craighead County’s two judicial districts into one. Senate Bill 535 by Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, passed on a voice vote. The…
by - March 15, 2017 4:11 pm
Concealed carry permit holders with eight additional hours of training will be able to carry a weapon on college campuses after a vote Wednesday (March 15) by the Arkansas House…
by - March 14, 2017 8:00 pm
The House Education Committee voted Tuesday (March 14) to separate the state’s holiday that now honors civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee….
by - March 14, 2017 3:11 pm
The House Education Committee Tuesday advanced a heavily amended bill that would create education savings accounts for school-age students funded by tax-credited donations. House Bill 1222, the Arkansas Parental Empowerment…
by - March 14, 2017 9:51 am
Eight legislators are attempting to defund Arkansas Tech University’s Department of Diversity and Inclusion after receiving complaints about its actions, including a sex education event one legislator says included a…
by - March 13, 2017 4:42 pm
The American Health Care Act, the House Republicans’ bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare, would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion but would increase the number of uninsured people…
by - March 13, 2017 4:22 pm
The Arkansas Department of Correction has obtained a new supply of potassium chloride and can proceed with eight scheduled executions in April, assuming they happen then. The state’s supply of…
by - March 10, 2017 4:52 pm
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the 46 remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by President Obama have been asked to resign, but Arkansas’ Eastern District U.S. attorney hasn’t heard…
by - March 9, 2017 7:27 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives Thursday advanced a bill requiring public schools to sell or lease underused buildings to charter schools after voting down the bill the day before. They…
by - March 9, 2017 7:03 pm
The House Education Committee advanced a bill Thursday (Mar. 9) that would allow Arkansas individuals and corporations to receive a tax credit for donating to nonprofits that fund school choice…
by - March 9, 2017 8:41 am
Three grandparents’ rights bills passed a House committee Wednesday after the bills’ sponsor shared her personal story regarding the subject. She later said the bills would be combined into one….
by - March 8, 2017 7:54 pm
A bill that would have given charter schools the right of first access to unused and underutilized public school buildings failed in the House of Representatives Wednesday, but the bill’s…
by - March 7, 2017 5:55 pm
A bill that would move some parole and probation violators into lower-level facilities rather than prison and create mental health crisis stabilization units passed the House of Representatives Tuesday (Mar….
by - March 7, 2017 1:47 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson would like the House Republicans’ proposed Obamacare “repeal and replace” plan to offer more flexibility for states through Medicaid block grants, but the bill does not alter…
by - March 6, 2017 4:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has sought waiver amendments from the Trump Administration that would add work requirements to Arkansas Works and lower the maximum income for eligibility to 100% of the…
by - March 2, 2017 9:05 pm
A bill was filed Thursday that would allow permitted legislators to carry concealed weapons at state facilities, including the Capitol. House Bill 1864 by Rep. Mickey Gates, R-Hot Springs, amends…
