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
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 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
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
Some lawmakers are hoping their colleagues will consider their non-budgetary bills during the fiscal session that began last week
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
The University of Arkansas will struggle to keep up unless the Walton family focuses its attention on football instead of a medical school, a world-class art museum, and hiking and biking trails
