Weekly Updates

In 2019 the regular session lawmakers balanced the budget of state government while cutting taxes and reducing the number of state agencies.

The new year is an election year, and thanks to legislation approved during the regular session earlier this year, the primaries in Arkansas will take place on Tuesday, March 3.

More than 2,000 people attended a series of meetings that the legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Retirement held in 11 cities across Arkansas earlier this fall.

Estimates are that about half of those in attendance were members of the state Teacher Retirement System.

The legislature created the Arkansas Trauma System 10 years ago, with passage of Act 393 of 2009.

Arkansas is one of 16 states whose legislators are working to help families gain access to medical care for a debilitating disorder that can afflict children after a bout of strep throat.

Arkansas has made a strong commitment to making sure that children learn to read at an early age, and the federal government has recognized our efforts with a grant of $38 million to improve literacy.

Adequately funding public schools is one of the most complex, time-consuming and important duties of the legislature.

The Higher Education Coordinating Board heard a disappointing report about the continuing decline in the number of Arkansas high school graduates who go on to college.

The state's child welfare agency has improved its performance over the past three years and continues to make progress, according to its most recent annual report.

The state's child welfare agency has improved its performance over the past three years and continues to make progress, according to its most recent annual report.