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5:52 In this story from the archives, we travel back to the week in 1999, when the General Assembly opened for its Regular Session and Mike Huckabee was inaugurated as the governor of Arkansas. At the time, Ozarks at Larges Dan Bennett was in Little Rock covering the 82nd General Assembly. Tags: 

LIBERIA: As The 4th Sitting Of National Legislature Opens, Speaker Chambers Addresses Colleagues, Outlines 2020 Progress LIBERIA: As The 4th Sitting Of National Legislature Opens, Speaker Chambers Addresses Colleagues, Outlines 2020 Progress th sitting of the House of Representatives. Below is the full text of the Speaker: Distinguished Colleagues:  As 2020 has ended, it should be our collective prayer that all the adversities, challenges, distractions and harsh political attitudes to ex...

Bill would allow Alabama businesses to stay open during state of emergency due to pandemic

MEDFORD, Ore. – Unity was on lawmakers’ minds Monday during the third special session of the year. They passed 4 major policies focusing mainly on the pandemic. “A lot of work happened [before] the session with the governor and leadership, so we were really clear going into the one day that we had a line up of legislation, for the most part, we would be able to move rapidly on and that we would get broad support,” said State Rep. Pam Marsh. All legislation had both democrats and republi...

The Jasper County Commissioners Court met in a Regular Session on Monday, December 21, 2020, and covered the following agenda items: In Law enforcement, Sheriff Mitchell Newman requested the Court to consider paying off the Sheriff’s Office employees accrued compensation time from the Prisoner Reimbursement Fund. The Court voted to pay the accrued compensation in the amount of $43,874.93. Concluding law enforcement business, Sheriff Newman presented the Sheriff’s monthly Jail Report. ...

During a normal year at the Texas Legislature, the capitol would be crawling with people. Angela Hale would be one of them. She’s a senior adviser at Equality Texas, an LGBTQ advocacy group. “I’m there all the time, you know, 24/7 during a session,” she said. “I’m from Dallas, so I never even go home to see my family during a legislative session, because I feel like I need to be there all the time watching everything that happens and making sure that nothing goes wrong or bad.” Bu...

KUT Coronavirus restrictions could make it harder for the public to monitor lawmakers and weigh in on bills. During a normal year at the Texas Legislature, the capitol would be crawling with people. Angela Hale would be one of them. She’s a senior adviser at Equality Texas, an LGBTQ advocacy group. “I’m there all the time, you know, 24/7 during a session,” she said. “I’m from Dallas, so I never even go home to see my family during a legislative session, because I feel like I need to...

D. Sales Tax – Paid in December E. Unemployment numbers Item 6. The BMDD Board may convene into a closed executive session in the Haynes Conference Room, pursuant to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Government Code Vernon’s Annotated, in accordance with the authority contained in the following section: Section 551.071 – Consultation with Attorney Section 551.072 – Deliberation Regarding Real Property Section 551.087 – Deliberations regarding economic development n...