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With Valentine’s Day out of the way, legislators returned to work on Thursday. But that doesn't mean there was monotony under the Gold Dome. To the contrary, legislators and lobbyists...

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is defending his choice of formerly convicted murderer Joel Castón to join the D.C. Sentencing Commission.

Editor’s Note: With permission, Food Safety News today posts the 2023 Update on State Food Safety Legislature by Doug Farquhar, JD, Government Affairs

The Arkansas House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a series of bills intended to clarify laws regarding the locking of schools exterior doors and the effective date for a sentencing enhancement for felony with a firearm.

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved three bills clarifying laws regarding schools exterior doors, the effective date for a sentencing enhancement for felony with a firearm and additional funding for families of children with disabilities.

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved three bills clarifying laws regarding schools exterior doors, the effective date for a sentencing enhancement for felony with a firearm, and additional funding for families of children with disabilities.

Members of a local governing body voted to delay the chair election because of confusion over virtual voting requirements.

House took up following measures as of 7:00 pm on Legislative Day 39: SB 62 Counties and Municipal Corporations; certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; prohibit Substitute Ed-29th Dolezal-27th. Committee Substitute passed by vote of 99-76.

In the final sprint towards Sine Die on Wednesday, faces are beginning to look drawn and weary. But, if one listens closely, you can faintly hear, “O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,...

March 12 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the most influential county sheriffs in Arkansas history, Robert Moore Sr. of Desha County. He had an automobile accident two days earlier south of Pine Bluff as he was returning home from delivering an inmate to Little Rock.