On Tuesday the Arkansas House Rules Committee convened to discuss the state’s controversial ban on Delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products. The meeting follows a recent federal court ruling that…
Did you catch President Trump’s recent federal budget proposal? It’s not great. The budget is filled with deep cuts to healthcare, education, housing, and other government programs that support working…
Several Arkansas House members do a 180 on affirmative action. Was it because Sarah said so? You may think that our state leaders think critically, act independently, and represent the…
Over the last week, residents in Franklin County have grown increasingly furious at Governor Sanders’ move to secretly ram a new 3,000 bed prison down their throats and into their…
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…
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…
Every few months, news breaks that Sarah Sanders has made another round of government appointments. These range from replacements to her Cabinet secretaries to various boards and commissions responsible for…
Last year, we wrote a piece in the midst of the Helena-West Helena water crisis (still ongoing, by the way) asking what the state government does for folks. There’s two…
As the political machine for President gears up, whispers of potential vice presidential candidates for Donald Trump are beginning to circulate, and the current list includes Arkansas’s Governor Sarah Huckabee…
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….