House Bill 321, known as the Truth and Transparency Act, would require Caddo, East Baton Rouge, and Orleans parishes to create online portals where the criminal records of violent juvenile offenders over age 13 would be accessible.
The Back the Blue Act would increase penalties for people who target law enforcement officers, and it also provides new tools for officers to protect themselves.
The governor says she believes the LEARNS Act will bring Arkansas from the bottom to near the top in terms of educational opportunities across the nation.
House Bill 278, sponsored by Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Winnfield, would apply to severance taxes on all natural resources other than sulfur, lignite or timber.
A spokesman for former Gov. Asa Hutchinson has confirmed he will formally announce his candidacy for president of the United States of America later this month.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and legislative leaders on Thursday called for cutting income taxes by $124 million as they near the end of this year’s legislative session.
The sponsors of Senate Bill 358 are proposing the ban with the theory that it is a danger to children when sold in gas stations and convenience stores.
“I think that the odds of suicide are already there, and I feel like this is only going to probably push that even higher,” Natalie Elethorp, a transgender woman, told KNOE.
Organizers of the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell did not turn over copies of the signatures on the petition to the Times-Picayune as promised, according to the paper.
Arkansas lawmakers will convene the second week of January at the state capitol in Little Rock, and leaders say this should be a busy legislative session with a new governor.
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