Tess Vrbin
Reporter at Arkansas Advocate
covering the impacts of state policy @ArkAdvocate. formerly @ArkansasOnline, @CDispatch, @columbiatribune. #MizzouMade. she/her. [email protected]
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6 days ago |
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Sonny Albarado
The Arkansas State Library Board on Friday will disburse public funds to libraries for the last time in the 2025 fiscal year, and likely the last time before all seven board members will be replaced. As local library directors wait for their regular shares of state funding, some continue to await a long-delayed avenue for rural libraries to be eligible for more state funding. An amendment to the State Library’s fiscal year 2024 appropriation bill introduced by Sen.
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1 week ago |
magnoliareporter.com | Tess Vrbin |Ainsley Platt |Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas House and Senate adjourned sine die Monday morning, May 5, 2025 marking the end of the nearly four-month 2025 legislative session. Sine die — a Latin phrase for “without day” — means the Legislature isn’t scheduled to convene again this year unless Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for a special session. The next scheduled session will be the 2026 fiscal session early next year.
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1 week ago |
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Ainsley Platt
by Tess Vrbin and Ainsley Platt, Arkansas Advocate May 5, 2025 The Arkansas House and Senate adjourned sine die Monday morning, marking the end of the nearly four-month 2025 legislative session. Sine die — a Latin phrase for “without day” — means the Legislature isn’t scheduled to convene again this year unless Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for a special session. The next scheduled session will be the 2026 fiscal session early next year.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Tess Vrbin |Ainsley Platt
The Arkansas Capitol on Nov. 14, 2024. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)The Arkansas House and Senate adjourned sine die Monday morning, marking the end of the nearly four-month 2025 legislative session. Sine die — a Latin phrase for “without day” — means the Legislature isn’t scheduled to convene again this year unless Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls for a special session. The next scheduled session will be the 2026 fiscal session early next year.
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2 weeks ago |
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin
Gender-nonconforming Arkansans might not meet the state’s requirements to obtain a REAL ID in order to board flights or enter certain federal buildings, which is a week away from being required by federal law.
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