A scaled-back, more vague version of a previous hate crime bill has been passed through the Arkansas legislature after some contention across party lines.
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Arkansas Senate passes law opponents say is not a real hate crime bill Senate Bill 622 is not a real hate crimes bill. It is a substitute for what a real hate crimes bill could do. - Kymara Seals Author: Jade Jackson Updated: 8:15 PM CDT April 8, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark A scaled-back, more vague version of a previous hate crime bill passed through the Arkansas Senate Thursday after a week of contention within the state legislature.
Arkansas Senate Bill 622 requires a criminal defendant to serve at least 80% of their sentence if they were proven to have selected a victim because of their race, group, religious beliefs, characteristics or class.
Nonprofit coalition pushes back against attacks on citizen-led ballot initiatives
April 9, 20214:45 pm Some Arkansans are pushing back on attacks to citizens rights to engage in the legislative process. Brian Chilson
A coalition of citizens’ groups is getting loud about two Republican-sponsored measures that will make it much harder for grassroots campaigns to get citizen-led initiatives on the ballot.
Sen. Breanne Davis (R-Russellville) and
Rep. Michelle Gray (R-Melbourne) would outlaw paying canvassers based on how many signatures they gather. The measure already passed out of the Senate on its way to the House.
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Rep. David Ray (R-Maumelle) and
Sen. Bart Hester (R-Cave Springs), would move the goalposts substantially on what it takes to get a citizens’ ballot initiative passed. HJR 1005 would require a 60% favorable vote, rather than the simple majority currently required.
Bill to censor teaching of the 1619 Project in Arkansas schools fails
Bill to censor teaching of the 1619 Project in Arkansas schools fails
February 9, 20214:45 pm Some AR lawmakers don t like the sentiment behind the 1619 Project, which views slavery as the defining component of American history.
Arkansas lawmakers backed down from censoring the
1619 Project in the state’s public schools Tuesday, but tense disagreements remain at the Capitol over what American history is, how it should be taught and who gets to decide.
The House Education Committee nixed House Bill 1231, sponsored by
Rep. Mark Lowery (R-Maumelle), which would have cut funding to public schools that allowed the teaching of the 1619 Project curriculum. A collection of essays, photos and poems that first appeared in the New York Times in 2019, The 1619 Project considers slavery’s consequences and the contributions of Black Americans as central to our national history and identit