by - March 7, 2017 6:39 am
As the deadline to introduce new legislation for the 91st General Assembly closed Monday at 5 p.m., lawmakers filed more than 300 bills on the 57th day of the 2017…
by - February 6, 2017 7:39 pm
The pace of bill filing is about to increase as Arkansas legislators realize this year’s legislative session is about a third of the way completed, Speaker of the House Jeremy…
by - February 3, 2017 11:55 am
Rep. Dwight Tosh, R-Jonesboro, spent many years in law enforcement, and during the last several years he’s noticed an alarming trend across the country. Criminals are targeting police officers, first…
by - February 1, 2017 5:32 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the centerpiece of his tax cut proposals into law on Wednesday during the first bill signing ceremony of the 91st General Assembly, noting that nearly half…
by - January 26, 2017 5:48 pm
After a patriotic endorsement from Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, a House committee on Thursday (Jan. 26) approved a rewritten bill to offer an income tax break for military retirees and…
by - January 25, 2017 2:42 pm
A bill requiring voters to present a photo identification at the polls passed a House committee Wednesday. House Bill 1047 by Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, was approved by the House…
by - January 24, 2017 6:07 pm
Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday rejected legislation on the House floor to create a state-run Earned Income Tax Credit program, clearing the way for Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s larger $50.5 million tax…
by - January 23, 2017 6:33 pm
Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, R-Paragould, has introduced a bill that would limit the public’s access to audio, photographs, and video recordings of any police officer killed in the line of duty….
by - January 23, 2017 5:19 pm
Two hotly-debated measures that have the governor’s stamp of approval were overwhelmingly approved Monday by the Arkansas House of Representatives during an abbreviated day of legislative meetings at the State…
by - January 19, 2017 8:00 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Thursday (Jan. 19) passed a bill that would redirect unused tobacco settlement funds to provide services to waiting individuals with developmental disabilities. House Bill…
by - January 19, 2017 5:28 pm
Two proposals that would offer up to $90 million in tax breaks to the state’s working poor were approved Thursday by a legislative panel, setting up a possible showdown on…
by - January 19, 2017 2:32 pm
A bill outlawing the most common second trimester abortion procedure passed the Arkansas House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Thursday (Jan. 19). A representative of the state chapter of…
by - January 18, 2017 3:39 pm
Two bills related to medicinal marijuana passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Wednesday (Jan. 18), a day after both passed the full House of Representatives. Also, bills…
by - January 11, 2017 6:54 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives voted Wednesday to change its rules and give future speakers of the House the power to appoint committees. The rules change also would allow House…
by - January 11, 2017 5:34 pm
Two of the state’s top economic forecasters told a Senate panel on Wednesday they are confident lagging tax collections in the first half of fiscal 2017 would continue improving and…
by - January 10, 2017 4:58 pm
The speaker of the House would appoint committee members under a resolution passed Tuesday (Jan. 10) by the House Rules Committee, while legislators for the first time would be able…
by - January 10, 2017 2:49 pm
Two legislators said they will not offer competing tax cut proposals after Gov. Asa Hutchinson called in his State of the State speech Tuesday for the creation of a Blue…
by - January 9, 2017 3:54 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives formally re-elected Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, 99-0, with him being the only one to abstain, to another term as House speaker Monday, and Gillam then…
by - January 9, 2017 3:19 pm
The Arkansas Senate convened for the 91st General Assembly on Monday (Jan. 9) with little fanfare as President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, acknowledged lawmakers face some difficult issues ahead,…
by - January 9, 2017 10:09 am
Northwest Arkansas regional business leaders have unveiled their top priorities for the upcoming legislative session that convenes Monday (Jan. 9) in Little Rock. The document is put together by the…
