by - August 5, 2025 8:17 pm
Say goodbye to the more than 300 parking meters in downtown Fort Smith, and the annual loss to the City of Fort Smith of around $35,000 for meter maintenance and…
by - January 24, 2024 7:09 pm
The day after a group seeking an amendment and initiated act to strengthen the state’s Freedom of Information law filed suit against Attorney General Tim Griffin, the AG approved their…
by - January 23, 2024 12:43 pm
Arkansas Citizens for Transparency, a group seeking to get the Freedom of Information Act into the Arkansas Constitution and working to pass an initiated act with more specifics, filed a…
by - January 9, 2024 6:59 pm
A day after rejecting four proposed constitutional amendments affecting the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Attorney General Tim Griffin on Tuesday (Jan. 9) also rejected four initiated act proposals…
by - January 8, 2024 5:17 pm
In an attempt to provide options for approval of a Freedom of Information Act constitutional amendment, a ballot initiative group submitted four proposals to Attorney General Tim Griffin who rejected…
by - December 11, 2023 2:29 pm
Citing problems in the text of a proposed amendment to incorporate the Freedom of Information Act and protections for government transparency into the state Constitution, Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected…
by - November 27, 2023 7:25 pm
Arkansas Citizens for Transparency, a ballot title group seeking to imbed a Freedom of Information Act into the state constitution and state statute, submitted a draft of their constitutional amendment…
by - October 24, 2023 8:19 pm
Blue Hog Report blogger and attorney Matt Campbell said he filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Court late Tuesday (Oct. 24) against Gov. Sarah Sanders for her office’s denial of…
by - October 11, 2023 3:07 pm
Arkansas Citizens for Transparency on Wednesday (Oct. 11) unveiled an amendment draft that would ensconce the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into the state constitution. The move follows Gov….
by - September 14, 2023 12:10 pm
A vastly different bill amending the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) than what she initially wanted has been signed by Gov. Sarah Sanders. The Arkansas House and Senate approved this…
by - September 12, 2023 6:35 pm
Editor’s Note: This story is updated to reflect that a bill was filed late Tuesday (Sept. 12) in the Senate that removed many key objections raised by Freedom of Information…
by - September 11, 2023 5:58 pm
An effort to push through significant changes to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act floundered Monday (Sept. 11) as some legislators appeared to balk at Republican Gov. Sarah Sanders’ plan to…
by - September 10, 2023 5:38 pm
I accepted a temporary assignment from Gov. Mike Beebe in 2007 to become his interim communications director, and to this day, I remember the only thing he said when he…
by - September 10, 2023 8:38 am
When the public and private sectors work together seamlessly, the sky’s the limit for Arkansas’ economy. I saw it at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, where I worked to bring…
by - September 7, 2023 9:12 pm
Arkansas legislators may soon consider legislation that would significantly limit the information Arkansans can obtain through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the deliberations of officials at state agencies,…
by - September 6, 2023 6:15 pm
Little Rock attorney and political blogger Matt Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas State Police (ASP) claiming the state law enforcement agency is not complying with record requests…
by - August 27, 2023 3:53 pm
When the Attorney General’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) working group meets to “modernize” and “balance” FOIA, I hope they appreciate that “We the People” established the government, and therefore,…
by - July 18, 2023 11:17 am
I recently announced the formation of my working group to review the Freedom of Information Act and recommend ways to improve it for me to consider including in a future…
by - July 2, 2023 8:53 am
Pointing to a need for privacy in sensitive situations, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Sunday (July 2) the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) needs to change to adapt to…
by - June 15, 2023 11:30 am
An Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) review working group created by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin includes a member who pushed legislation that would have “significantly weakened” public access…
