by - March 9, 2015 8:10 am
Facebook doesn’t “like” two bills being considered by state legislators – one that would allow certain employers to require access to their employees’ social media accounts, and one that would give personal representatives access to a deceased person’s digital records.
by - March 4, 2015 7:38 pm
The Senate Education Committee Wednesday passed a bill requiring a minimum ACT score of 19 for students to receive the lottery-funded Academic Challenge Scholarship. The bill also reduces payouts during…
by - March 2, 2015 1:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson Monday announced former Sen. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, as his preference as the state’s new education commissioner, but state law will have to be changed for that…
by - March 2, 2015 11:06 am
Legislation is expected to be filed soon to reduce the tax on soft drink syrup by 37%. If passed, it would result in a reduction of $4 million in state…
by - March 1, 2015 12:10 am
The sponsor of a bill that would dedicate $2.8 billion in general revenues over 10 years to highways hopes to find a compromise after placing it “on hold” because of…
by - February 27, 2015 4:52 pm
State legislators hope to whittle down the list of proposed constitutional amendments from about 40 to 10-12 next week, the chairman of the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee…
by - February 27, 2015 12:03 am
The sponsor of a bill that would end Arkansas’ participation in an end-of-the-year Common Core exam plans to run his bill in committee on Tuesday. House Bill 1241 by Rep….
by - February 26, 2015 5:59 pm
Carman McBride, an Environmental and Spatial Technology facilitator at Don R. Roberts Elementary School in Little Rock, is $25,000 richer today after being named a 2014-15 Milken Educator in a…
by - February 25, 2015 3:58 pm
A bill was filed Wednesday (Feb. 25) that would let the State Plant Board require grain dealers to post surety bonds, obtain a license, and temporarily rescind that license without…
by - February 19, 2015 8:16 pm
A bill that would take $2.8 billion from general revenues over 10 years and dedicate the money to highways passed the House Committee on Public Transportation on a voice vote…
by - February 18, 2015 11:46 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined a $64 million plan to reduce prison overcrowding, lower recidivism, and design longer-term solutions to public safety concerns. Where will the money come from and what’s the plan?
by - February 12, 2015 8:51 pm
Trucking companies facing a worsening driver shortage have a potential large labor force available to them among members of the millennial generation, but they will have to find creative ways to appeal to those young people. A Millennial offers advice.
by - February 12, 2015 3:58 pm
Sen. Jane English, R-North Little Rock, will present a package of workforce education bills that will reorganize the state’s career education programs under the Department of Career Education, create a…
by - February 9, 2015 11:02 pm
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce is preparing a major campaign to call attention to the state’s workforce needs and opportunities. Meanwhile, legislators are preparing to consider a package of workforce-related bills.
by - February 5, 2015 4:44 pm
Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, said today he believed he had the numbers to pass bills funding the Medicaid budget, including the private option, as well as a task force that…
by - February 5, 2015 2:43 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives voted 99-0 to pass Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s signature education proposal requiring computer science to be offered at all Arkansas high schools and charter schools. House…
by - February 2, 2015 10:15 pm
The recent state takeover of the Little Rock School District is a bad idea because the answers to the district’s problems must come from within the community, the national president…
by - February 2, 2015 8:30 am
Tony Wood is now not only the state’s education commissioner but, as of Wednesday (Jan. 28), effectively the Little Rock School District’s school board. The State Board of Education’s takeover…
by - January 28, 2015 10:38 am
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would extend the private option through the end of 2016 and create a task force that would…
by - January 27, 2015 1:18 pm
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee on Tuesday passed the governor’s tax cut bill, Senate Bill 6, with a compromise amendment that would exempt 40% of income gained from capital…
