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Legislative Council and Joint Budget Committee began hearings Tuesday morning on budget request for state agencies for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Members spent the first half of the day reviewing the rules and procedures. Since 220 state board, commission, and agency budgets must be reviewed, legislators have routinely started the process months before they […]

In 2011, there were 1000 fewer revocations of probation and paroles in Arkansas than the previous year. The Director of the Department of Community Correction, David Eberhard, informed the Task Force on Substance Abuse Treatment of the decline in a committee meeting Friday morning. Eberhard also added his agency has seen a decrease in all levels of […]

Legislation passed in 2009 is helping to vaccinate more Arkansas children from the influenza virus. The 87th General Assembly passed an increase in the tobacco tax to fund a state wide trauma system. The increase also made it possible for the Arkansas Department of Health to expand its flu vaccine program in Arkansas schools. The […]

Arkansas House Speaker Robert S. Moore, Jr. continues our series on Highway Funding in Arkansas. In part 3, the Speaker discusses how the condition of our roads affects economic development.

Not only is the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science working, it's the best program in the country for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education according to Ms. Tommy Sue Anthony, President of AAIMS. The Joint Committee on Education heard a promising update from Anthony on the state of the Arkansas AIMS program […]

STUTTGART, Arkansas (September 21, 2012) – The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission passed a resolution on September 19, 2012 recognizing the work Arkansas House Speaker Robert S. Moore, Jr. has accomplished to protect the Arkansas’s resources. The resolution commends Speaker Moore for his leadership is the passage of Act 249 of 2011, the Arkansas Water Plan. […]

Arkansas House Speaker Robert S. Moore, Jr. continues his discussion on the history of highway funding in the second part of this series. In this video, Speaker Moore explains what impact our agriculture based economy has on our roads.  Speaker Moore also discusses the current funding needs and shortfalls in projected revenue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBF0rzOjnec&feature=youtu.be To watch […]

The Department of Workforce Services announced on Thursday that Arkansas recently received a $1,250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, to provide employment, training and supportive services to veterans around the state. Arkansas was one of 11 recipients of the Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program grant, which totaled $11.53 million. Arkansas’ […]

This is the first in a series of videos in which Arkansas House Speaker Robert S. Moore, Jr. discusses the history of highway funding in Arkansas. From the days when Arkansans owed 5 days of manual labor on our roadways to the current system of a fuel based tax, Speaker Moore summarizes over 100 years […]

Arkansas Budget hearings are starting on October 9, 2012. During these hearings, the legislators will review state agencies’ proposed 2013 budgets. In all, the committee will review budgets for over 220 state boards, commissions, and agencies. Reviews of these budgets will come about the time the governor’s office submits its’ proposed 2013 general revenue budget, […]

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (July 9, 2012) – On Monday, July 9, Arkansas House Speaker Robert Moore, Jr. appointed Legislative Services Coordinator Buddy Johnson as Parliamentarian of the 88th General Assembly. Buddy Johnson previously served as Coordinator of Legislative Services and Assistant Parliamentarian. He began working for the House in 1985 as its Information Director. Before […]

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) says the state set a new record with over $4.75 billion net available general revenue for a fiscal year. The resulting year-end surplus is $145.6 million or 3.2% above forecast. Another record was set for net available general revenue for the month of June. There was $509 […]