Download DOC February 26, 2025 Senate Information Office: 501-682-5954 The Republican Women’s Legislative Caucus will hold a press conference at 1:00 pm in the Old Supreme Court Room to announce their agenda for the 2025 session. Legislators will provide details about legislation to address these issue: – reforms in the state […]
AnnouncementsDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The Senate approved legislation to improve maternal health care in Arkansas, especially in areas where existing medical services are lacking. Also, a bill to provide a free breakfast every day to all students continued to breeze through the legislature and should soon be sent to the governor for her signature. […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The Senate voted to provide all public school children with a free breakfast, regardless of their income, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. Also, the Senate passed legislation to restrict students’ cell phone use during the school day. State budget officials estimate that it will cost $14.7 million a year […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The Senate passed legislation to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in state government, public schools and state-supported institutions of higher education. The written intent of Senate Bill 3 is “to prohibit discrimination by public entities on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.” The bill allows people […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The Arkansas Senate quickly approved legislation to protect the rights of more than 500 victims of child sex abuse who have already won civil cases and are waiting for their settlements to become official. Senators unanimously approved Senate Bill 13 on the same day that attorneys for a former pediatrician, and convicted child […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC January 17, 2025 LITTLE ROCK – The 2025 legislative session got off to a fast start. By the end of the session’s third day more than 200 bills had been introduced. In November the governor presented a balanced budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee has already begun […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The timing could not have been better for the good news Arkansas just received. A $17 million federal grant to improve maternal health care was formally announced a few days before the beginning of the 2025 legislative session. Improving maternal health care is high on the legislature’s list of priorities […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC Anyone who commits a violent felony in 2025 will learn that Arkansas law has become much tougher on serious criminals. They will serve longer prison sentences, and many serious offenders will not be eligible for early release. If they are eligible, they will have to work harder to earn it. If they satisfy […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2024 was highlighted by a $438 reduction in income taxes for Arkansas families and businesses. Individual income taxes for about 1.1 million Arkansas taxpayers will go down because the legislature lowered the top rate from 4.4 percent to 3.9 percent. The legislature also lowered corporate income taxes […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The financial health of the state Teacher Retirement System has been steadily improving over the past decade. For example, using very conservative criteria, retirement systems are generally considered healthy if their “funded ratio” is above 80 percent. Ten years ago it was below 80 percent but at the end of […]
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