Download DOC September 3, 2020 Senate Information Office: 501-682-5954 LITTLE ROCK – Senator Trent Garner of El Dorado and five Senate colleagues have request $50 million in CARES Act funding for services to help veterans cope with health issues worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. The funds would go to the state Veterans Affairs Department, which […]
News ReleasesThe 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 UpdatesArkansas legislators approved a plan to add $300 a week to unemployment benefits, to extend the extra benefits available during the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekly UpdatesThe Senate has already approved several large tax cuts this session, and another one is on its agenda.
Weekly UpdatesThe Senate passed legislation to increase the homestead property tax credit, which will save more than 716,000 Arkansas homeowners about $12.5 million a year.
Weekly UpdatesThe legislature has approved and the governor has signed a package of bills sponsored by female lawmakers. The coalition of legislators dubbed their package “Dream BIG for Arkansas.”
Weekly UpdatesThe legislature advanced a major highway program and tougher new ethics laws.
Weekly UpdatesThe legislature approved and the governor signed two of the high-profile bills of this year’s session.
Weekly UpdatesThe governor, legislators and private business groups joined to propose a highway program that would add $300 million a year in revenue for the state Transportation Department.
Weekly UpdatesThe legislature advanced a series of tax cuts, including the signature bill of this year’s session, to lower personal income taxes by about $97 million a year.
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