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It was an Arkansas liberals gathering of people about the age of the president. Thus they were few and not so spry.

Now that Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders education overhaul is law, state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday for four more days of meetings before taking a spring break that runs until March 27, and its not clear when they will wrap up the regular session.

Now that Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders education overhaul is law, state lawmakers will return to the state Capitol on Monday for four more days of meetings before taking a spring break that runs until March 27, and its not clear when they will wrap up the regular session.

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and state Sen. Bryan King filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a newly passed state law that increases the number of counties needed to get an initiated act or constitutional amendment on the ballot.

The Arkansas Senate on Monday sent the governor a bill that would require sponsors of proposed ballot measures to collect sufficient signatures of registered voters from at least 50 counties, up from the current requirement of 15 counties, to qualify their measures for the ballot.

With Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul bill nearing the end of its legislative journey, state lawmakers will soon turn their attention to

It is weird, doing this work--the three jobs I have of teacher, director of Arkansas Strong, and writer.

With Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders education overhaul bill nearing the end of its legislative journey, state lawmakers will soon turn their attention to a proposed public safety overhaul package and other projects.

Its Thursday and another chance to fire off a few up or down thumbs about some of news developments in our neck of the woods and elsewhere:

Corrections bill sent to governor