Rural Arkansas hospitals set to receive federal pandemic relief funds
More than $16 million in federal aid will go to four rural Arkansas hospitals that received preliminary approval for the funds from state lawmakers
Tag: 2023 General Assembly
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
Lawmakers, public await promised replacement for controversial Arkansas FOIA legislation
Identical bills filed Friday in both the House and Senate would have added four new exemptions to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, shielding a range of government records from the public
Commentary: Officials can’t say they serve the people while taking shots at the public’s right to know
The governor’s latest attack on Arkansas’ FOIA would blast a likely fatal hole in a 50-year-old transparency protection
Crowell weighs in on measure to simplify Arkansas gun laws
Over the course of the upcoming year legislators will study all the various laws in Arkansas governing firearms, with the intent of simplifying them