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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.

A thrice-amended bill that opponents say would upend the state’s burgeoning solar industry easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Tuesday.

An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday advanced 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.

An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday advanced a bill which would require sponsors of proposed ballot measures to collect sufficient signatures of registered

Rep. Aaron Pilkington, R-Knoxville, moved for immediate consideration of the bill before it passed the House on a vote of 78 to 21.

The House Education Committee moved forward Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders education overhaul Wednesday, sending the bill to the House of Representatives.

After two days of discussion and public comments, the education package advanced to the House floor. Republicans expressed mixed feelings about the legislation.

The bill's sponsor said the mere presence of a person of the opposite sex around children in a bathroom is an invasion of privacy.

The House Education Committee moved forward Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders education overhaul Wednesday, sending the bill to the House of Representatives.

The LEARNS act continues its journey through the Arkansas legislature as the bill was heavily discussed in the House Education Committee.