State government and a host of private organizations announced a new effort to recruit more foster families, streamline the process of placing foster children with relatives and accelerating the process for the permanent adoption of children.
Weekly UpdatesThe Senate has approved legislation that makes the single largest investment in public education in Arkansas history. Senate Bill 294, the governor’s education package, has 144 pages and 25 Senate co-sponsors.
Weekly UpdatesArkansas is changing the eligibility requirements for people who are enrolled in ARHOME, a category of Medicaid the program. Beginning next year they will have to work, volunteer in their community or continue their education in order to continue receiving benefits.
Weekly UpdatesBacked by a host of legislators, the governor revealed details of her education package. The proposed changes in public school funding would be numerous and far reaching. They include large increases in teacher pay and the expansion of literacy programs for young children.
Weekly UpdatesThe Senate passed legislation to repeal language in state law allowing medical facilities to be licensed in order to perform abortions.
Weekly UpdatesThe first three weeks of the 2023 legislative have session have been remarkable for the wide variety of issues the Senate has addressed.
Weekly UpdatesThere are many stages in the process of convicting criminals and sentencing them to prison. Senate Bill 2, the “Truth in Sentencing and Parole Reform Act of 2023,” will change many of them.
Weekly UpdatesThe 2023 legislative session got off to a smooth start. The full Senate confirmed the governor’s secretarial nominations, and Senate committees got their initial organizational meetings out of the way.
Weekly UpdatesSchool choice, prison expansion and tax cuts are expected to be the highlights of the 2023 regular legislative session that convenes on Monday, January 9.
Weekly UpdatesWhen the 2023 regular session convenes on January 9, there will be 13 new members in the Arkansas Senate.
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