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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Wednesday plans to increase the states starting teacher salary by $14,000 and offer vouchers to every student as part of what she described as "the most far-reaching, bold and conservative education reforms anywhere in the entire country."

This week, the Arkansas House of Representatives will consider a bill that would impose restrictions on an "adult-oriented performance," and a Senate committee will consider a measure that would require public schools and open enrollment public charter schools to bar people from using a restroom that does not correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate.

This week, the Arkansas House of Representatives will consider a bill that would impose restrictions on an "adult-oriented performance," and a Senate committee will consider a measure that would require public schools and open enrollment public charter schools to bar people from using a restroom that does not correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate.

Arkansas lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban transgender people from using school restrooms that match their gender identity.

HB1301 would make abortions legal when the fetus has an abnormality that would make it impossible for it to survive outside the womb.

The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday balked at confirming former Gov. Asa Hutchinsons nomination of former Hutchinson aide Doug Smith of Cave City to the Parole Board and Hutchinsons nomination of Jimmy Warren of Conway to the states Minority and Women-owned Business Advisory Council.

Arkansas Senate wont meet today

Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives will square off against their counterparts in the Senate for a worthwhile cause, “Hoops for Kids' Sake.'' The eighth modern-era charity basketball game will take place Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at the Eddie L. Boone & Oliver Fitzpatrick, Jr. Fieldhouse at Little

A group of local real estate agents met last week to discuss upcoming legislation that some fear may be detrimental to their business. Paulette Richie, presiden

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