LITTLE ROCK – As soon as the 2023 legislative session adjourned, the Senate and House Committees on Education began work on school funding in preparation for the 2025...

LITTLE ROCK – The major provisions of the new Protect Arkansas Act are well known, but they are only a few of the many measures passed during the 2023 regular session....

LITTLE ROCK – During the 2023 session the legislature enacted a series of bills designed to protect children from exposure to sexually inappropriate literature, live...

Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the Defending Our Defenders Act on March 16th, legislation that would make the murder of a state or local law...

LITTLE ROCK – In every regular session the legislature can refer up to three proposed constitutional amendments to voters. The measures referred during the 2023 session...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature has advanced a long list of bills to prevent voter fraud and protect the integrity of elections. Both the Senate and the House of...

LITTLE ROCK – As the legislative session enters its final weeks, activity is in high gear. The highlight of the week was the final passage of the governor’s historic...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Thursday, March 2, 2023, the Governor signed into law:  HB1018, to allow members of a municipal fire department bomb squad to lawfully carry a...

LITTLE ROCK – State government and a host of private organizations announced a new effort to recruit more foster families, streamline the process of placing foster children...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Friday, February 24, 2023, the Governor signed into law: SB78, to remove the requirement for member contributions to the Arkansas Judicial...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas is changing the eligibility requirements for people who are enrolled in ARHOME, a category of Medicaid the program. Beginning next year they will...

LITTLE ROCK – The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor endorsed legislation to repeal language in state law allowing medical facilities to be licensed in...

LITTLE ROCK – The first three weeks of the 2023 legislative have session have been remarkable for the wide variety of issues the Senate has...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has been developing a statewide response to the growing health crisis created by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. During the 2023 session the...

LITTLE ROCK – Funds are now available from the settlement of a massive lawsuit against opioid distributors, and will be awarded to projects that have demonstrated...