James Sturch News Today

Experts say NZ's three Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts are far more effective than prison rehab - and they want more of them.

Industry says proposed new rules in Queensland are not practical and will push up the cost of solar installations.

Queensland may be trying to revive a rule change killed by the Supreme Court in 2019, to have electricians install all solar panels in the state.

One of the themes of this debacle of a legislative session is that conservative Republicans slop down train wrecks of technically flawed culture-war bills. Then they pass them perfunctorily, knowing theyre slipshod, even saying privately that courts will probably throw them out.

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.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey has given Sen. Alan Clark until late Monday afternoon to turn in his Senate license plates, keys to his Senate office and Capitol Hill apartment northeast of the state Capitol, keycards to the state Capitol and the Capitol Hill apartment, and any Senate-issued electronic devices such as a laptop and iPad.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey has given Sen. Alan Clark until late Monday afternoon to turn in his Senate license plates, keys to his Senate office and Capitol Hill apartment northeast of the state Capitol, keycards to the state Capitol and the Capitol Hill apartment, and any Senate-issued electronic devices such as a laptop and iPad.

The full Senate on Tuesday accepted the findings of an ethics committee regarding a petition filed by Sen. Alan Clark against Sen. Stephanie Flowers.

The Arkansas Senate voted Tuesday (Sept. 27) to concur with a Senate Ethics Committee finding that Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, had filed a “spurious, frivolous and retaliatory” ethics petition against Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff.

Arkansas will see many new faces in its Legislature after the mid-terms.