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Senate votes yes on Clark seniority

Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, will regain his seniority in the Arkansas Senate shortly after the general election in November 2024.

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A proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul the state Highway Commission failed to clear the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

A House committee advanced a bill Monday to require social media companies to verify new users age before allowing them to make an account.

The state Chamber of Commerce still opposes the bill; Mike Hernandez, head of the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators, which represents superintendents, is in favor of it.

A bill requiring Arkansans convicted of the most serious crimes to serve 100% of their sentences passed a Senate committee Wednesday.

Security detail change advances

Arkansas lawmakers debated 13 proposed constitutional amendments with the goal of referring three to voters on the November 2024 ballot.

A House committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would require written permission from parents before school employees could address students by their preferred pronoun or name.