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JOINT STATEMENT FROM SENATE PRO TEMPORE HICKEY AND HOUSE SPEAKER SHEPHERD

August 13, 2021
NEWS RELEASE    JOINT STATEMENT FROM SENATE PRO TEMPORE HICKEY AND HOUSE SPEAKER SHEPHERD   Little Rock, Arkansas (August 13, 2021) – Arkansas Senate Pro Tempore Jimmy Hickey and Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd released the following statement Friday afternoon regarding McClane, et al v. State of Arkansas, et al : “Today we jointly retained […]
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State Agencies Committee discusses Redistricting

August 13, 2021
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee met on Monday to begin the discussion on the redistricting process for Congressional districts in Arkansas.Redistricting is the periodic redrawing of district boundaries that elected representatives who serve specific geographic areas.The periodic updating of districts must be done because, in a series of 1960’s cases, the U.S. […]
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93rd General Assembly convenes for Extraordinary Session

August 6, 2021
This week, House members convened in the House Chamber for two orders of business. In accordance with ACT 403 of the Regular Session, the House convened as a committee of the whole on Tuesday, August 4, to consider whether to terminate the Governor’s July 29, 2021 declaration of a statewide public health emergency. When it […]
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2021 First Call to Extraordinary Session

August 3, 2021
The House will convene on Wednesday, August 4th at 10 am for an Extraordinary Session. You can read the Governor’s proclamation below: Governor Asa Hutchinson 2021 First Call to Extraordinary Session
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House to Convene on August 3rd, at 10 AM

July 30, 2021
Members are scheduled to return to the House Chamber next week. On Tuesday, August 3, we will convene as a Committee of the Whole to address the Governor’s recent state of emergency proclamation. Citing an increase in infections and hospitalizations due to the Delta Variant of COVID-19, the Governor declared a statewide public health emergency […]
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Committee hears report on Aggressive Driving in AR

July 23, 2021
This week, a subcommittee of Arkansas Legislative Council that provides oversight for Arkansas Game and Fish and Arkansas State Police heard from Arkansas State Police Director Col. Bill Bryant regarding recent successes and challenges facing state troopers. His testimony alerted us to some startling statistics regarding an increase in aggressive driving and fatal accidents in […]
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Sales Tax Holiday

July 15, 2021
This week, we want to remind you about the upcoming Arkansas Sales Tax holiday. This year, the event will begin at 12:01 am on Saturday, August 7, and end at 11:59 pm on Sunday, August 8.This is now the 10th year that Arkansans can take advantage of this break from state and local sales tax […]
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Arkansas Watermelons, A Crop Worth Celebrating

July 9, 2021
Arkansans know that no summer barbecue is complete without fresh watermelon. Our state may not be the largest producer of watermelon, but Arkansas communities lay claim to being the home of the world’s largest and the world’s sweetest. The month of July is known as National Watermelon Month. July is typically the largest shipping month […]
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New Fiscal Year

July 2, 2021
Arkansas started a new fiscal year this week, and final reports for the previous year give us an optimistic outlook about the future of our economy. Fiscal Year 2021 ended on June 30. We began Fiscal Year 2022 on July 1. Results from collections and distributions for FY2021 reached $6.845 billion. This is $1.09 billion […]
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Independence Day 2021

June 28, 2021
The State Capitol Offices and all State Buildings will be closed on Sunday, July 4, 2021, and Monday, July 5, 2021, to observe Independence Day. The State Capitol will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. A legal holiday by authority of Act 304 of 2001 and amended by Act 561 […]
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Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

June 24, 2021
There are currently 58,000 Arkansans who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It is estimated that 67,000 will be diagnosed by 2025.June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, an opportunity to hold a conversation about the brain, and share the fact that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are a major public health issue.In 2019, there were […]