Download DOC LITTLE ROCK – The state Department of Education has released letter grades for all public schools in Arkansas. They can be found on the Department’s web site. The Internet address for the school report cards is quite lengthy. Perhaps the simplest way to access them is to conduct a search for “Arkansas school […]
Weekly UpdatesPDF of Letter On Friday, September 26, 2025, Senate Majority Leader, Senator Blake Johnson with President Pro Tempore, Senator Bart Hester, with 24 other state senators sent a letter to U.S. Senators urging them to extend funding to prevent a government shutdown.
News ReleasesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Last year about 173,000 Arkansans spent more than 265 million hours taking care of family members or friends who were suffering from Alzheimer’s. They were not paid for those hours. Measured another way, that amount of care would have cost $5.4 billion if government or private insurance had paid for […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Earlier this year the legislature enacted broad measures to improve maternal health care in Arkansas, and progress is already being made. Act 140 of 2025, also known as the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act, makes maternal care more available for women of all ages and socio-economic categories. Act 140 has […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas education officials are promoting more “acceleration’ in schools because they believe students can handle more rigorous content, the Secretary of Education told legislators. Acceleration means teaching middle schoolers more subjects that used to be strictly limited to high schools. It means encouraging high school students to take concurrent college […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, superintendents and school boards will learn to adjust to a new system of property and casualty insurance. It’s called SCIP for short. That stands for the State Captive Insurance Program that was created by legislation enacted earlier this year in Act 779 to create […]
Weekly UpdatesI am saddened to learn of the passing of Senator Stubblefield this morning. He was a man of deep faith in his Lord and savior Jesus Christ. He was a man of integrity and was committed to the protecting rights of the unborn and the protection of the Second Amendment. My thoughts and prayers are with […]
News ReleasesThe members and staff of the Arkansas Senate mourn the passing of Senator Gary Stubblefield, 74, who died on Tuesday, September 2. Senator Stubblefield was elected to the Senate in 2012, after serving two terms in the House of Representatives. He represented Senate District 26. Media – Senator Gary Stubblefield Biography Information
News ReleasesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The inmate population in Arkansas prisons will grow by an estimated two percent a year until 2035, according to an expert’s presentation at a conference of county officials, sheriffs, prison administrators and lawmakers. There is general agreement that Arkansas needs to add prison space in order to relieve overcrowding in […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The director of the state Division of Children and Family Services told lawmakers that much of the agency’s improvements in recent years is due to greater involvement on the part of faith-based groups, churches and private sector organizations. For example, CarePortal is a program that the Arkansas Family Alliance uses […]
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