We’re back with a review of last week at the Capitol and a glance at the Week 4 to come. Week 3 in Review SB3: Last week, the Senate passed…
Weeks 1 and 2 of the 2025 general session are in the books! How’s everybody doing? Hanging in there? Here’s a few things we’re watching. Lobbyists Organizational meetings for standing…
The Arkansas legislature is aiming to provide some real indoctrination to our classrooms. House Bill 1180, deceptively titled the “Baby Olivia Act,” is a Trojan horse for anti-abortion propaganda. This…
Extremist leaders in our state use scare tactics to divide and mislead. They avoid accountability and push Arkansas further into chaos and disarray. From silencing opposing voices to ignoring the…
The ALC Game and Fish/State Police subcommittee met this week to approve their interim study recommendations to Arkansas’s firearm laws. Attendance also included members of the public who are part…
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…
The Arkansas Department of Education is implementing a new law that requires public schools to teach one hour of adoption education to kids as young as twelve. Per to Act…
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…