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Gov. Sarah Sanders education bill now law set a minimum teacher salary of $50,000 and ordered $2,000 raises for teachers already above $50,000. It vowed to provide state money to school districts to cover that.

A vice president at Ouachita Baptist University has been appointed to the Arkansas Ethics Commission by Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs.

The Arkansas General Assembly is taking a spring break this week from its regular session, but legislative leaders are hoping to lay more groundwork during the week to help reach their goal of completing their work in the regular session by April 7.

The Arkansas General Assembly is taking a spring break this week from its regular session, but legislative leaders are hoping to lay more groundwork during the week to help reach their goal of completing their work in the regular session by April 7.

State Rep. DeAnn Vaught, Republican of Horatio in southwest Arkansas generally respected for hard work to aid rural Arkansas, got all broken-out in gumption Wednesday.

Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd filed a bill on Thursday intended to protect consumers who shop online and on secondary markets for tickets to sporting and other entertainment events.

Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd filed a bill on Thursday intended to protect consumers who shop online and on secondary markets for tickets to sporting and other entertainment events.

Senate Bill 407 (“SB407”) has been introduced addressing bioenergy and carbon capture technology.

Hester appointed Jason Tolbert of Arkadelphia to fill the commission post of Lori Klein of Searcy, whose five-year term has expired.

The Senate Judiciary Committee weighed into a contentious bout of Arkansas casino politics Wednesday, advancing a bill that would make it a crime to destroy signatures on a ballot petition.