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Arkansas Advocate: Senate gives OK to take up 3 non-budget issues
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Arkansas Advocate: Senate gives OK to take up 3 non-budget issues

The Senate voted 34-0 to allow Magnolia Republican Sen. Steve Crowell to introduce his proposal increasing the homestead tax credit to $675. An Arkansas House committee approved an identical bill last week.

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Arkansas Advocate: Sanders moves special elections, but calls court orders ‘unlawful’
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Arkansas Advocate: Sanders moves special elections, but calls court orders ‘unlawful’

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she would comply with what she described as “unlawful” court orders to reschedule two special elections for vacant legislative seats

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Arkansas Advocate: Proposal to eliminate state library, PBS governing boards passes Senate
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Arkansas Advocate: Proposal to eliminate state library, PBS governing boards passes Senate

A proposal to abolish the boards that oversee public libraries and educational public television programs in Arkansas passed the state Senate on Monday and will go to the House next

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“Tort reform light” passes by one vote 
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“Tort reform light” passes by one vote 

The bill stipulates that plaintiffs can recover only the medical damages that they or their insurer actually paid

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Arkansas Advocate: State lawmaker’s proposed prison alternative prioritizes county jails
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Arkansas Advocate: State lawmaker’s proposed prison alternative prioritizes county jails

Instead of building a 3,000-bed prison in Northwest Arkansas to reduce crowding in county jails, one senator said the state should fund local correctional facilities

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Clark, Columbia counties clinch contest for Crowell
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Clark, Columbia counties clinch contest for Crowell

Incumbent state Sen. Steve Crowell easily defeated his challenger in the primary election, securing at least 71% of the votes in the six-county district

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Crowell: Senate committee begins review of public school funding
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Crowell: Senate committee begins review of public school funding

The Senate Education Committee has begun its review of the adequacy and equity of Arkansas public school funding

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