State Capitol Week in Review – December 31, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – When the 2023 regular session convenes on January 9, there will be 13 new members in the Arkansas Senate. The legislature...
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- Dec 24, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – December 24, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2022 is lengthy and significant. During a special session in the summer,...
- Dec 17, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – December 17, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Legislators finished the calendar year with a final round of recommendations for spending federal relief funds and reserve...
- Dec 11, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – December 11, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The state Natural Resources Commission has awarded $270 million in grants for 157 drinking water and wastewater projects in...
- Nov 19, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – November 19, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – A record prize in the Powerball lottery generated increased ticket sales in Arkansas in October. Increased sales of lottery...
- Nov 5, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – October 5, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas received good news from federal regulators that allows the state Medicaid program to better help women during...
- Oct 30, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – October 30, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – A panel of three federal judges dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed against state officials, in which plaintiffs argue...
- Oct 8, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – October 8, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services continues to struggle with high staff turnover and high caseloads for...
- Oct 3, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – October 1, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – In the fiscal session earlier this year the legislature appropriated a million dollars for pregnancy resource centers. The...
- Sep 24, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – September 24, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Over the next three years about 3,200 Arkansans with disabilities will be able to get Medicaid services at home or in their...
- Sep 17, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – September 17, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic Arkansas has received billions of dollars in federal relief funding. The PEER...
- Sep 11, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – September 10, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Committees on Education are scheduled to vote on next year’s adequacy report at their meeting in early...
- Aug 27, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – August 27, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – A shooting spree occurred in Little Rock over the weekend of August 13 and 14. Three people were killed and four people...
- Aug 19, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – August 19, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has begun the process of expanding Medicaid services so that more pregnant women can qualify for the government...
- Aug 14, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – August 14, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The legislature concluded a quick, three-day special session after approving income tax cuts that will save 1.6 million...
- Jul 30, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – July 30, 2022
LITTLE ROCK –Well-attended meetings at the state Capitol usually indicate that legislators are addressing an important issue. That was...
- Jul 23, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – July 23, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – Every year the sales tax holiday is the first weekend in August. This year it will be Saturday, August 6, and Sunday,...
- Jul 9, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – July 9, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The governor announced that he would call the legislature into special session on August 8 to consider income tax cuts that...
- Jul 1, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – July 2, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas School Safety Commission is meeting frequently in order to have an initial report ready for the governor and...
- Jun 25, 2022
State Capitol Week in Review – June 25, 2022
LITTLE ROCK – When people call the state hotline to report suspected child abuse or neglect, about 80 percent are assigned to the...
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