Grandstanding resolutions by House Republicans against direct democracy efforts on abortion and education seem to have backfired. Do legislators really think people want to be told how to vote by a bunch of politicians soaking up per diem cash at the Capitol?
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Arkansas governor signs tax, appropriation bills after special legislative session ends
For the third time in 15 months, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation to lower taxes for Arkansans. The governor also weighed in after an anti-abortion resolution sparked debate in the House.
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Teens at two Little Rock high schools are leading the charge against period poverty
Menstrual equity in the making, thanks to the Arkansas Period Poverty Project.
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Representative quacks back, files duck bill to make mallard Arkansas’s state bird
The mockingbird’s status as Arkansas’s state bird is on the line. Representatives are rallying for a change, but competing bills set our choice between painted buntings and mallard ducks.
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Short-term rental bill dies in House committee
Regulating short-term rentals is a topic that gets people talking. A House committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 197 — which would have mostly prohibited municipalities from regulating Airbnbs and VRBO houses — for six hours before the legislature went on spring break. The same committee on Wednesday voted against the bill.
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House committee vote on short-term rental bill won’t come for weeks; testimony continues
For more than two hours Wednesday morning, state representatives and members of the public discussed Senate Bill 197, which would mostly prohibit municipalities from regulating short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO houses.