Tess Vrbin

1 week ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Antoinette Grajeda

A balanced state budget, more money for correctional facilities and proposed constitutional amendments form just part of the lengthy agenda awaiting Arkansas lawmakers on Monday for a planned three-day work week. “We’ve got a lot of work yet to do, so just be prepared that Monday will be a long day and a long evening,” House Speaker Brian Evans, R-Cabot, told the chamber Thursday. “We’re getting close to wrapping this session up and landing this plane.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tess Vrbin |Antoinette Grajeda

Sen. Jimmy Hickey (right), R-Texarkana, presides over the Arkansas Senate on Thursday, April 10, 2025. At left is Ann Cornwell, Secretary of the Senate. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)A balanced state budget, more money for correctional facilities and proposed constitutional amendments form just part of the lengthy agenda awaiting Arkansas lawmakers on Monday for a planned three-day work week.

1 week ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas lawmakers are considering removing all seven members of the State Library Board and allowing Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to replace them later this year. Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, filed the bill Wednesday night, less than two hours after a House committee rejected Senate Bill 536, a proposal to abolish both the State Library and its board and transfer their powers and responsibilities to the Arkansas Department of Education.

2 weeks ago | jonesborosun.com | Tess Vrbin

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas House committee Wednesday rejected a bill that would abolish the State Library and its board, making it difficult for the proposal to make it to the governor’s desk by the end of the legislative session April 16. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, has repeatedly promised to dissolve the State Library Board and broadened this mission when he filed Senate Bill 536 last month.

2 weeks ago | couriernews.com | Tess Vrbin

LITTLE ROCK - An Arkansas House committee Wednesday rejected a bill that would abolish the State Library and its board, making it difficult for the proposal to make it to the governor's desk by the end of the legislative session April 16. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, has repeatedly promised to dissolve the State Library Board and broadened this mission when he filed Senate Bill 536 last month.