Formed in the wake of last month’s special session to add exemptions to Arkansas’ public records law, Arkansas Citizens for Transparency hopes to protect the law by requiring a vote of the people to enact any future changes to lessen government openness.
Emails support whistleblower’s claim that Arkansas governor altered public records, attorney says
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ executive assistant was told to mark an invoice “to be reimbursed” three months after the fact
Saline County Judge fires library director after months of debate over children’s access to books
Patty Hector, who ran the Saline County Library for seven years, said she was told that her “services are no longer needed”
Lawsuit accuses Arkansas law firm of misconduct in early days of medical marijuana
Explosive new allegations in a pair of lawsuits, if proven true, lay bare how arrangements worked to benefit outside corporations at the expense of state investors
Arkansas officials’ security records shielded from public under altered FOIA law
Senate Bill 10 shields from public access all records and communications concerning the planning or provision of security services to the governor and other state elected officials
Bill to shield Arkansas officials’ security records moves forward
Arkansas lawmakers’ third attempt in a week to alter the state’s Freedom of Information Act advanced in both the House and Senate
Lawmakers offer narrower change to Arkansas FOIA after bipartisan pushback
After two days of bipartisan backlash against proposed changes to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act, lawmakers filed narrower legislation to exempt information related to security services provided to the governor and other state officials
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