Nearly all of the $109 million spending increase in Sanders’ proposed budget is related to a law she signed that created a new school voucher program.
Author: by Andrew DeMillo
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Audit on Arkansas governor’s $19,000 lectern to be released within next 10 days, lawmaker says
Sanders has dismissed questions about the lectern as a ‘manufactured controversy,’ and the item has not been seen at her public events.
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Things to know when the Arkansas Legislature convenes to take up a budget and other issues
The top agenda item for lawmakers is taking up Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ $6.3 billion proposed budget for the coming year.
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Completion of audit into Arkansas governor’s $19,000 lectern has been pushed back to April
The governor’s office said it needed more time for its response to a report detailing the audit of a $19,000 lectern purchased for Gov. Sanders.
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory.
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Arkansas’ elimination of ‘X’ as option for sex on licenses and IDs endorsed by GOP lawmakers
A panel endorsed a state agency’s elimination of “X” as an option alongside male and female on state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards.
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Arkansas stops offering gender-neutral driver’s licenses and IDs
The new rules will also make it more difficult for transgender people to change the sex listed on their licenses and IDs.
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Arkansas governor proposes $6.3B budget as lawmakers prepare for session
Most of Gov. Sanders’ proposed increase in spending would go toward a school voucher program.
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Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advance to runoff in contest to lead Arkansas Supreme Court
Both races ensured Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will have two new appointments to the court in January.
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US Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas fends off challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack has won the Republican nomination for his seat in northwest Arkansas, fending off a longshot challenge on the right from a state legislator.
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Arkansas voters could make history with 2 Supreme Court races, including crowded chief justice race
A win by the sitting justices in either race would give Governor Sanders new appointments to the court.
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Republican Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas faces challenge from state lawmaker in GOP primary
Womack is running for reelection against a state lawmaker who is trying to portray him as not conservative enough.
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Arkansas governor nominates new corrections head after fight over prison authority
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday nominated a new corrections secretary after her first pick for the job was fired by a state panel.
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Audit of $19,000 lectern purchase for Arkansas governor almost done
Arkansas auditors are nearly done looking into the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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Arkansas parole board chair resigns after police personnel file shows he lied about sex with minor
The chair of Arkansas’ parole board resigned on Friday after personnel records revealed he was fired from a local police department several years ago for lying to investigators about having sex with a minor.