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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public’s access to records about Sanders’ administration, but they said they will still seek limits on what can be released about the GOP governor’s travel and security. Republican lawmakers filed […]

The legislation is a scaled down version of what Gov. Sarah Huckaee Sanders and Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, had proposed earlier this week.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other Republicans have backed off widespread changes, but they are still seeking travel and security record exemptions.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders seeks to overhaul the state's expansive public records as she faces criticism, even from within her own party.

After two days of bipartisan backlash against proposed changes to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act, lawmakers late Tuesday filed narrower legislation to exempt information related to security services provided to

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders retreated on legislation to undercut the states open records law, bowing to a torrent of public support of the Freedom of Information Act.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public's access to records about Sanders' administration, but they said they will still seek limits on what can be released about the GOP governor's travel and security.

The legislation, Senate Bill 10, is a scaled down version of what Sanders and Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, had proposed earlier this week.

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Arkansas lawmakers have voted to restrict the public's access to records about Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' travel and security