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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday formed a group to look at possible changes to the states Freedom of Information Act after efforts to

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday announced the creation of a bipartisan working group intended to review and suggest modernizations to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday announced the creation of a bipartisan working group intended to review and suggest modernizations to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

Tim Griffin, the attorney general of Arkansas, has formed a group to consider possible changes to the state's Freedom of Information Act.

Arkansas AG Tim Griffin formed a group to look at possible changes to the state's Freedom of Information Act after earlier efforts to scale back open record.

Opponents of the Arkansas LEARNS Act will have to go back to the drawing board in their effort to get a measure repealing the law on the ballot.

The group, Citizens for Public Education and Students, or CAPES, says it will resubmit the referendum and that it will work with a sister organization to push a constitutional amendment next year that would replace the LEARNS Act.

Ellen Kreth is the publisher of the Madison County Record. Ryan Owsley is a staff member in the office of state Attorney General Tim Griffin. In an article in Thursdays newspaper about a legislative committee meeting on proposals to change the state Freedom of Information Act, Kreths first name and Owsleys last name were misspelled.

A bill that would have limited uses of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) failed to pass in committee Wendesday.

Griffin announced Friday the office’s new “unified supervisory structure” will be led by Chief Deputy Attorney General Bob Brooks Jr.