Starting today, Arkansans will pay a lower credit card transaction fee at the state’s revenue offices.
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State ends fiscal year with $700 million surplus
Arkansas ended fiscal year 2024 with a budget surplus of $698.4 million. Here’s what that means in practice.
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State Supreme Court unsurprisingly reinstates rule against gender-neutral IDs
Earlier this month, a circuit court judge struck down the new rule because DFA did not follow proper procedure and relied on baseless claims about law-enforcement safety.
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Don’t believe the propaganda: One-time surplus money does not fund Sanders’ tax cuts
Jim Hudson, Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and the state’s chief fiscal officer, is confused. Or maybe he’s just not telling the truth.
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Opposition turns out for hearing on a plan to bar the gender-neutral option on state IDs
Forcing people to choose “M” or “F” ignores biological reality and can put people in harm’s way, they said.
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Lottery director Eric Hagler resigned unexpectedly Thursday
Hagler had been in the job for four years. He did not give a reason for his departure.
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Legislature OKs ’emergency’ rule limiting gender options on state IDs, dodges public comment
“We’ve had this policy for 14 years and we cannot cite one example of harm that has occurred,” Sen. Clarke Tucker said.
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Sanders blows DFA trumpet two days in a row
Gov. Sarah Sanders patted herself on the back today for tax cuts and tax refunds. It’s the second day in a row that she’s used the Department of Finance and Administration as a mouthpiece.
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Sanders targets trans community again with strict new gender rules for state-issued IDs
Arkansas Republicans have long attacked defenseless transgender kids hoping to pee at school or to raise a hand and have the teacher call them by their preferred name. Now, Sanders and Co. seem to be shifting their sights to grown-ups.
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Panel approves $104K for former Arkansas corrections chief’s partial salary as Sanders aide
The Arkansas Legislative Council’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) subcommittee approved the appropriation Tuesday with some audible dissent, and the full council approved PEER’s report Friday with no dissent.