Arkansas Senate Passes Amended Net Metering After Companion Bill Stalls On House Floor

Senate Bill 295, sponsored by Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R-Beebe), passed on a vote of 24-9 and was immediately sent to the House.

Arkansas Committee Rejects Proposed Law To Hold Libraries Accountable For "Obscene" Material

The House Judiciary Committee voted down with a voice vote after three hours of discussion and testimony.

Arkansas Legislator, In Lock-Step With GOP Playbook, Says Ending "State-Sponsored' Discrimination" Is Aim Of His Bill

Republican Sullivan's goal apparently is to do away with programs that encourage hiring of women and people of color.

Arkansas House Votes To Increase Homestead Tax Credit By $50

The report states the tax credit would increase to $425, from $375.

Amended Bill Restricting Transgender Adults' Bathroom Use Will Return To Arkansas Senate

The report indicates Republicans sponsored this bill which Democratic representatives said brings harm to children.

Arkansas Governor's Education Package Returns To Senate For Final Legislative Approval

Senate Bill 294 is expected to clear the Senate and become law this week.

Heightened Requirements To Put Measures On The Arkansas Ballot Awaits Sanders's Signature

It would require canvassers to gather signatures from at least 50 counties — up from the 15-county threshold laid out in Article 5.

Little Rock Central High Students Protest Sanders's Legislative Agenda

The report says Sanders disguises as "indoctrination" her racist ban on critical race theory, calls her "antithetitical" to school values.

Chicken Farms Hide In Plain Sight Under Arkansas Law

That's because chicken houses — and all such industrial housing associated with the poultry industry — are exempt.

SESSION SNAPSHOT: Arkansas LEARNS Marches Through The Arkansas House

Herein are the odds and ends, tidbits, and unique baubles that occur in the House sessions.

Arkansas House Approves Governor's Education Legislation, Sends Back To Senate

After about an hour-and-a-half of debate, lawmakers passed it, also called the LEARNS Act, by a vote of 78-21.

Arkansas Bill To Remove Work Permit Requirement For Children Under 16 Goes To Sanders's Desk

Known also as the Youth Hiring Act, it would delete the portion of existing law that requires an employment certificate.

Arkansas Psychiatrist Suspected Of Fraud Steps Down From Chairman Position On Medical Board

In a special meeting Thursday, the board voted to accept Hyatt's resignation but allow him to remain on the board as a non-executive member.

Arkansas House Panel Approves Governor's Education Package

The report indicates the decision followed 10 hours of discussion.

Arkansas Bill Restricting Transgender Adults' Bathroom Use Will Be Amended, Returned To Committee

Sen. John Payton (R-Wilburn), the sponsor, pulled the bill from consideration on the Senate floor Wednesday in order to clarify language.

Arkansas Medical Board Chairman Suspended From State Medicaid Program

The chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board has been suspended from the Arkansas Medicaid Program, and is under investigation.

Paper Ballot Bill Passes Arkansas Senate

It would require counties that move to hand-marked, hand-counted ballots to bear the cost of printing paper ballots.

House Education Committee Mulls Education Package After Day-Long Meeting

Committee chairman Rep. Brian Evans (R-Cabot) said he was committed to allowing everyone to speak, and asked lawmakers to listen.

Education Bill Amendment Filed Ahead Of House Committee Meeting

It's also called the LEARNS Act, the result of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders's campaign promise to make sweeping changes to education.

Patient Sues Arkansas Medical Marijuana Growers, Lab Over Alleged THC Inflation

An elderly, chronic pain patient targets BOLD Team, Osage Creek Cultivation, and Natural State Medicinals as well as Steep Hill testing lab.

Republicans Continue Attack On LGBTQ+ Community, Criminalizing The Use Of Bathrooms That Don't Match A Person's Biological Sex

This was called by an ACLU policy director "the most extreme bathroom ban in the country."

Support Systems For Pregnant And Parenting High Schoolers Now Arkansas Law

The law Sanders signed would create support systems for pregnant and parenting teen-agers, the report indicates.

Bill That Initially Targeted Drag Shows Becomes Arkansas Law

With a goal "to survive potential legal challenges," Sanders apparently follows the playbook of her GOP brethren.

Arkansas Senate Committee OKs Bill To Regulate Paper Ballots And Hand Counts

The panel approved the bill in a split-voice vote, the report indicates.

Public Housing Work Requirement Clears Arkansas Legislature

The House voted along party lines to pass the amended bill, with 80 Republicans voting yes and 15 Democrats voting no.

Arkansas Senate Advances Governor's Sweeping Education Legislation To House

Also called the LEARNS Act, it stems from Sanders' campaign promise to make major changes to the state's education system.

Protesters Gather At Arkansas Capitol To Oppose Wide Range Of Legislation Targeting Civil Rights

“We are at our house, the people's house,” Seals said to a chorus of applause. “This is our house and we are here.”

SESSION SNAPSHOT: Arkansas LEARNS Zooms Through The Senate In Week 7

Included here are some odds and ends and tidbits, from Week 7 of the legislative session.

After A Series Of Winter Storms, Regulators Approve New Standards For Power Plants

However, the vote on the standards came with the acknowledgement by the commission that the new rules do not go nearly far enough.

Arkansas Public Notice Bill -- Publishing Them Online In Lieu Of A Newspaper -- Gets Delayed For Fiscal Impact Study

Republican Rep. Frances Cavenaugh of Walnut Ridge pitched House Bill 1399 as a cost-saving measure for county and municipal governments.

Arkansas Panel Votes Down Requiring Paid Maternity Leave Of Employers That Cover Abortion Costs

Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville) said he introduced the bill after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Republican-Passed Bill Portends Of Possible Censorship In Libraries, Democrat Tucker Says

All six Senate Democrats voted against it; 27 Republicans voted for it, while two did not vote, the report says.

Bill Sponsors, Stakeholders Reach Compromise On Arkansas Solar Legislation

It occurred under a compromise pact fashioned after more than four hours of testimony in the House Insurance and Commerce Committee.

"If 30 Percent Of The Cheeseburger Poisons You, It's A Lousy Cheeseburger" -- Leding, On Sanders's Plan

Senate Democrats were excluded from receiving an advance copy, which Democrat Chesterfield called "total disrespect" on the part of Sanders.

Bill Requiring Paid Maternity Leave From Employers That Cover Abortion Costs Heads To Senate

Eleven states have passed paid family leave laws, according to the Center for American Progress.

House Committee Prepares To Hear Governor's Education Bill Next Week

Lawmakers filed Senate Bill 294, on Monday.

Arkansas Committee OKs Required Paid Maternity Leave From Employers That Cover Abortion Costs

The bill passed the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee unanimously on Thursday and will go to the House floor for a vote.

"Erroneous Characterization" Emanating From Florida, DeSantis Dogs Advanced Placement Course In Ark.

The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education is asking questions of the nonprofit that developed the college-level course.

Rural Emergency Hospital Proposal Passes Arkansas Senate Unanimously

The law could boost funding for rural hospitals, the report states.

Arkansas Republicans, Sullivan "Continue Their Assault On Affirmative Action"

The report indicates the doublespeak from Sullivan would have been recognized by George Orwell ("1984" author).