Steve Brawner
Steve Brawner Communications
The year 2020 is ending, thank goodness, and a new year begins. Here’s what we can expect in Arkansas politics.
The first few months will be dominated by the biennial (once every two years) legislative session, which starts in January. Sessions can be unpredictable, but this one will be especially so because we don’t know where the pandemic will be day by day.
Legislative leaders have created processes and procedures this year that are meant to minimize personal contact, so the Capitol will be a less crowded place than usual.
But what about actual lawmaking? It remains to be seen if legislators will try to get in and get out quickly, or if they’ll introduce as many bills as usual (a couple of thousand, give or take). It could be a short session, or it could be a long one.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A federal judge in Little Rock has temporarily blocked four new abortion restrictions hours after they took effect in Arkansas, including one that bans a procedure commonly used in the second trimester.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker late Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking the four laws, which took effect earlier in the day. The order is set to expire on Jan. 5, unless it is extended.
Baker had issued a similar ruling in 2017 blocking the four laws, but the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated that order in August, saying the case needed to be reconsidered in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Louisiana case.