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Arkansas Legislators to Participate in 3rd Annual “Take Your Legislator to School Month” See full News Release Little Rock, Arkansas (August 15, 2017) – As students are preparing to return to the classroom, Arkansas legislators are doing the same. Members are making plans to visit schools in their district for the 3rd annual Take Your […]

Little Rock, Arkansas (May 8, 2017) – Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam announced his appointments for the newly formed Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force. Speaker Jeremy Gillam appointed the following members: Rep. Joe Jett (District 56) Rep. Frances Cavenaugh (District 60) Rep. Bob Johnson (District 42) Rep. Jim Dotson (District 93) Rep. Warwick […]

HOUSE INCREASES SECURITY MEASURES IN ADVANCE OF SESSION   LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (January 4, 2017) – Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam is directing that increased security measures be put in place for the House Chamber.  Metal detectors have now been placed at the entrances to the House galleries.  “In addition to the increased screening at […]

On April 8, Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB1001 and SB1 into law.  These identical bills establish the guidelines for Arkansas Works.  Arkansas Works would replace the program currently referred to as the Private Option which uses federal Medicaid funding to provide private insurance plans for the state’s lowest income residents.  Arkansas Works makes changes to […]

Typically when a bill is passed in the state legislature, if it doesn’t have an emergency clause, it will take effect 90 days after we adjourn.  But there are occasions when a specific date is written into the bill.  This year, we passed several bills that will take effect January 1, 2016.  These impact everything […]

As you begin to shop for your Thanksgiving feast this year, we encourage you to think for a minute about the journey your food has taken.   You will find much of the traditional Thanksgiving meal began its journey on a farm right here in Arkansas.  Arkansas is number three in the nation in turkey production.  […]

                                                    LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ENDORSES SPEAKER’S CHALLENGE FOR STATEWIDE BROADBAND.   LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (October 27, 2015) – Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam and Senate President Pro-Tem Jonathan Dismang issued a […]

  According to the FCC’s  2015 Broadband Availability in America Report, 59% of Arkansans are now living in an area where there is no access to highspeed broadband internet. Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam and Senate President Pro-Tem Jonathon Dismang have asked the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology to find a way […]

  Breast cancer is the number one cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Arkansas.  However, mortality rates are on the decline.  We know that screening makes early detection and treatment possible and successful. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the […]

As Arkansas students prepare to return to the classroom, members of the 90th General Assembly are reaching out to their local school districts in an effort to build better communication between educators and legislators.  In the 2015 Regular Session the Arkansas General Assembly passed HCR1008, a resolution designating September as annual “Take Your Legislator to […]

The 90th General Assembly will convene Tuesday, May 26, 2015.  The Governor has announced all items on the special session agenda below.  Agenda items are as follows:   To consider an Amendment 82 “super project” at Highland Industrial Park in Calhoun County. To consider reorganization of state agencies:   Ø  Merging the Arkansas Department of […]

On April 14th our state celebrated the 150th anniversary of the day Arkansas voted to ratify the 13th amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery. On that day in 1865, the Arkansas General Assembly convened for a special session in the Old State House The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission asked churches, public buildings, educational […]