House Bill 4448: Prohibit limiting government open records disclosures during emergency: Passed 21 to 15 in the Senate
To establish that an executive order, proclamation, or directive issued under the law that authorizes the governor to declare an emergency may not lengthen the required government agency response times or otherwise limit the scope of a public body s duties to provide records requested under the state Freedom of Information Act. Such an order was imposed in April 2020 and rescinded that June.
Senate Bill 457: Ban emergency orders that mandate minors get vaccination: Passed 20 to 16 in the Senate
To prohibit including a mandate in an epidemic-related state or local health department order that requires minors to get a coronavirus vaccination.
The annual March for Life concludes at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 27, 2017. | Reuters/James Lawler Duggan
Democrats are vowing that any action by the United States Supreme Court to alter the legal precedent on abortion will add âfuelâ to the push among some in their party to add seats to the nation s highest court.
Congressional Democrats issued the warning after the Supreme Court announced that it would decide on the constitutionality of Mississippiâs 15-week abortion ban by hearing the case of
Dobbs v. Jackson Womenâs Health Organization. The state of Mississippi is asking the court to review a lower court decision finding that the ban on abortions more than 15 weeks into a pregnancy is unconstitutional.Â
Arkansas Term Limits and other plaintiffs filed suit Friday in the federal Eastern District of Arkansas to overturn a new state law that limits who can
The law essentially immunizes any individual or entity engaged in business, services, activities or accommodations because they are not liable unless the injured party can prove with clear and convincing evidence that the individual or entity engaged in recklessness or willful misconduct