Lawmakers back restoring 20 forestry jobs
posted: 01/31/2012 11:18 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas lawmakers are backing a proposal to restore 20 firefighting jobs to the financially troubled Arkansas Forestry Commission, even though the recommendation doesn’t include a way to pay for them.
Lawmakers back $250K for economic development
posted: 01/24/2012 9:46 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas lawmakers have given initial approval to using $250,000 from the state’s surplus to pay for regional economic development partnership grants.
Beebe proposes $163 million increase in budget
posted: 01/17/2012 9:29 a.m. Comments 8
Medicaid and public schools are expected to receive the bulk of spending increases under an otherwise flat $4.7 billion budget that Gov. Mike Beebe is presenting to legislators.
Panel to examine Forestry finances
posted: 01/17/2012 9:27 a.m. Discuss
A Democratic representative from Marked Tree and a Republican senator from Mountain View will lead a subcommittee focusing on the financially troubled Forestry Commission as the Arkansas Legislature holds budget hearings.
Late taxes set IRS on lottery
posted: 08/12/2011 6:01 a.m. Comments 22
The Arkansas Lottery has been assessed nearly $100,000 in penalties and interest by the Internal Revenue Service for being late in depositing taxes.
Arkansas senators ask Cabinet to consider screenings
posted: 05/30/2011 10:41 a.m. Comments 2
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Mark Pryor of Arkansas are among nine lawmakers asking two Cabinet secretaries to consider the screening of those coming to the U.S. from the Marshall Islands and other Pacific islands.
Republican Party lawsuit over state cars dropped
posted: 05/27/2011 12:38 p.m. Comments 3
The Arkansas Republican Party says its lawsuit over the use of state cars by constitutional officers is being dropped.
Legislature formally adjourns
posted: 04/27/2011 12:44 p.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Legislature has formally ended this year’s legislative session.
As interim legislative meetings grow, so do costs
posted: 04/25/2011 5:27 a.m. Comments 2
With task forces, committee meetings and interim studies keeping Arkansas’ lawmakers busy essentially year-round, House and Senate leaders are starting to discuss limiting the gatherings that keep lawmakers in Little Rock — and getting paid — between legislative sessions.
Pensions big topic as session wraps up
posted: 04/18/2011 5:36 a.m. Discuss
A state retirement system’s request for lawmakers to lengthen the amount of time its members must stay on the job before they will be allowed to draw full retirement benefits met a silent death in the legislative session that ended last week.
Redistrict process is called ‘intense’
posted: 04/17/2011 4:50 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas last week became the first state to finish a plan to redraw its congressional districts after a process that some lawmakers said raced by and others said dragged on almost interminably.
Curtain finally falls on session
posted: 04/14/2011 4:42 a.m. Discuss
The Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to a congressional redistricting plan that mirrors one that passed a day earlier, then recessed the legislative session, likely until final adjournment, which is set for April 27.
Legislature recesses after completing action on a redistricting bill
posted: 04/13/2011 11:17 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas House and Senate have gone into recess after completing legislative action this morning on a bill to draw congressional district boundaries anew on the basis of population data from the federal census of the state last year.
