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Category: State News
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Referendum effort on Arkansas education overhaul fails to qualify for ballot
An effort to ask voters to repeal Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ education overhaul has failed to qualify for next year’s ballot, state election officials said Friday.
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Arkansas governor appoints Finance and Administration Secretary Larry Walther to state treasurer
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday named Arkansas’ top finance official, Larry Walther, to serve as state treasurer.
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Arkansas starts fiscal year with revenue nearly $16M above forecast
Arkansas finance officials on Wednesday said the state’s revenue has come in nearly $16 million above forecast at the start of the fiscal year.
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Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday.
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Arkansas LEARNS Act repeal group adds more petition drives, intimidation hotline
The group behind a ballot referendum to repeal the LEARNS Act is organizing more petition-gathering events ahead of Monday’s signature submission deadline.
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Mark Lowery, Arkansas treasurer and former legislator who sponsored voter ID law, has died at age 66
Mark Lowery, Arkansas’ treasurer and a former legislator who sponsored the state’s voter ID law, has died from complications from a stroke.
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Arkansas Treasurer Mark Lowery leaving office in September after strokes
Arkansas Treasurer Mark Lowery is leaving office in September after experiencing two strokes over the past several months.
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Arkansas man who beat officer with flagpole during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
An Arkansas truck driver who beat a police officer with a flagpole attached to an American flag during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison.
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not ruling out a special legislative session on tax cuts
The Republican governor said the state would have the opportunity to cut the income tax further over the coming months.
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Director of Arkansas crime lab to retire at end of August
Officials said Monday that J.R. Howard, a former director of the crime lab, will come out of retirement to serve as acting director.
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Arkansas officers shot and injured a parolee who fired at them at a motel, authorities say
Arkansas authorities are investigating after law enforcement officers shot and injured a parolee who fired at them at a Little Rock motel.
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New justice on Arkansas Supreme Court won’t participate in case over education law
A justice who Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court won’t participate in the case regarding Sanders’ education overhaul.
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Arkansas governor names former lawmaker to state Board of Education
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed a former state legislator to the Arkansas Board of Education as it prepares to implement her education overhaul.
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Arkansas AG requests expedited appeal of LEARNS Act ruling
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday filed a motion to expedite his appeal of a circuit court ruling that delays the effective date of the LEARNS Act