Then-Attorney General Leslie Rutledge paid 26 of the office s employees a total of $69,055 in excess of the line-item salary appropriation under Act 45 of 2021 for their positions in fiscal year 2022 that ended June 30, 2022, and that conflicts with Article 16, Section 4 of the Arkansas Constitution, according to Arkansas Legislative Audit.
Jobless benefits, tax bill advances A bill aimed at reducing the amount of time a person may receive unemployment insurance from four months to three cleared an
A bill that would require new political parties to collect 10,000 signatures of registered voters to get on the ballot fell short of clearing the Arkansas Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
State Rep. David Ray, R-Maumelle, on Monday filed a bill that would transfer the authority for considering certifying the popular name and ballot title of proposed ballot measures from the state Board of Election Commissioners to the attorney general.