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Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday once again slashed the state’s top income tax rate after debate over whether the relief should more precisely target the state’s lower- and middle-income citizens.

Arkansas lawmakers’ third attempt this week to alter the state’s Freedom of Information Act advanced in both the House and Senate on Wednesday.

The special session is now over and the bill putting restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act is a new law in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday handily approved a bill that would cut the states top individual and corporate income tax rates and create a temporary income tax credit for certain taxpayers.

Opposition to proposed changes in the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act is being heard on the first day of the Arkansas General Assembly special session.

Opposition to proposed changes in the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act is being heard on the first day of the Arkansas General Assembly special session.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday summoned the Arkansas General Assembly into special session, starting Monday, to cut the states top individual income tax rate from 4.7% to 4.4% and the states top corporate income tax rate from 5.1% to 4.8%, effective Jan. 1, 2024.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking the state Legislature to convene next week to cut income taxes, ban vaccine mandates for state employees and significantly curtail what state government

Arkansas total general revenue in August slipped slightly by $1.5 million, or 0.2%, over the same month a year ago to $613.3 million, but still beat the states forecast by $33.5 million, or 5.8%.

Anna Kovalchuk awoke at 5 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2022, to the sound of explosions, her parents speaking atypically loudly, and the television blaring "emergency" warnings.