How the AR GOP’s latest rule targets marginalized communities and threatens accessible democracy Last week, the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) voted to uphold the State’s emergency rule to ban digital…
First meaningful look at teacher merit pay and educator retention shows additional LEARNS weaknesses The Joint Education Committee met this week to examine one of the state’s new LEARNS programs…
It’s all but official that the legislature will convene next week for a special session, June 17-19. Here’s what we expect to be in the Governor’s call. If you don’t…
Education Secretary Jacob Oliva is no stranger to lying in front of lawmakers, so when Rep. Stephen Meeks pitched another softball chance for him to spew pro-LEARNS propaganda on Tuesday,…
Whew. We did it, Arkansas. We made it through another legislative session – we think! The last minute Game and Fish debacle really threw a wrench in the works, but…
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders kicked off the fiscal session with the moment she’s been waiting for since last year. The Governor gave her first State of the State address at…
As the industry grows, so do concerns over noise pollution and excessive use of resources like water and electricity What even is crypto mining? Crypto mining involves solving complex mathematical…
Under the guise of a legislative emergency, ALC members took up an administrative issue that is neither substantive nor urgent — but will hurt LGBTQ Arkansans. Earlier this week, Gov….
TL;DR: Fiscal session 2024 is right around the corner, Lord help us all. Last week, the legislature had three days of pre-session budget meetings. These meetings are a chance for…
In the wake of an alarming decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the landscape of reproductive healthcare in Arkansas is even more dire than before. A recent Alabama Supreme Court…