During the recent regular session, the legislature referred three proposed constitutional amendments to Arkansas voters.
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The legislature completed the 2019 regular session after finalizing a balanced budget of about $5.75 billion in general revenue for next fiscal year. That is about $124 million more than will be spent during the current year. The state general revenue fund is mostly generated by sales taxes, individual income taxes and corporate […]
Weekly UpdatesThe Correction Department will keep secret any records about lethal injection and carrying out the death penalty, under a bill that exempts those records from the state Freedom of Information Act.
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The Senate voted to refer to Arkansas voters a term limits amendment that would restrict future legislators to 12-year terms. Also, the Senate approved a Medicaid budget for next fiscal year, which is one of the most important appropriations in state government. The measure is Senate Joint Resolution 15 (SJR 15). It was […]
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