Arkansas Advocate: With budget done, state lawmakers move on to tax cuts
Arkansas lawmakers ended the fiscal session this week as expected, and will return to the Capitol Monday for a special session focused on tax cuts
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Arkansas Advocate: State lawmakers give $6.7B budget final OK, adjourn session
The Arkansas Legislature adjourned its fiscal session Wednesday, wrapping up three weeks of work that included debate over a multimillion economic incentive package and ended with lawmakers rejecting an effort to provide state matching funds for donations to the state’s public television network
Commentary: Watch your (special) language: Arkansas lawmakers need to rein in strings attached to budget bills
Known in legislative jargon as “special language,” the strings lawmakers attach to budget bills used to be a dirty little secret of the Arkansas Legislature. They were a way to sneak major policy changes in without the public noticing.
Arkansas Advocate: State panel OKs proposal aimed at assisting newly formed smaller school districts
Arkansas lawmakers this week gave initial approval to a measure aimed at assisting several newly formed smaller school districts, and rejected an effort to increase funding for an early childhood education program
Arkansas Advocate: Homestead tax credit proposal advances, Sharia Law resolution fails in committee
The credit was $375 when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders took office in 2023, and lawmakers have approved multiple increases that have raised the amount to $600
Arkansas Advocate: Crypto mining regulations, school voucher changes could be debated during fiscal session
Some lawmakers are hoping their colleagues will consider their non-budgetary bills during the fiscal session that began last week
Arkansas Advocate: Governor says lawmakers must limit spending for tax cut session to occur
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said her plans to call a special session to cut income taxes depend on lawmakers sticking to her proposed budget and limiting spending