How Did Faulkner County Lawmakers Vote?
The 93rd General Assembly of the Arkansas Legislature convened on January 11, 2021 and recessed in the early morning hours of April 28. Lawmakers reconvened again on September 29 for a few days to...
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Bills Lawmakers Passed at the 94th General Assembly
Here’s our list of bills that were passed at the 94th General Assembly this year. It’s not comprehensive, just a list of the bills we watched as they progressed through the Legislature. We list...
Republican Voters Deserve More From Rep. Spencer Hawks
Why would a Republican state Representative from Faulkner County abandon his approval of a good bill in order to support the Governor’s veto of that same legislation a week later? Yes, we’re talking about...
Watchdog Signing Off
At the end here of 2023, we want to thank you for all your shares, likes, and views as Faulkner County Reports has “watch-dogged” Faulkner County government for the last five-plus years. Since 2018,...
Governor Sanders Drives FOIA Changes, Legislature OKs Bills in Special Session
After as many as five different FOIA bills were offered over three long days of the Legislature’s Special Session, things at the State Capitol are quiet now, after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders finalized the...
94th General Assembly: How Did It Go?
The 94th General Assembly began on January 9 and adjourned sine die on May 1, with 13 new members serving in the 35-member state Senate and 27 new Representatives sitting in the 100-member House....
House Committee Approves FOI Bill HB1610; House OKs Too
Rep. Mary Bentley’s HB1610 — which passed the House but failed in Senate committee — was slated to change Arkansas’s gold standard Freedom of Information Act in a big way, by defining the word...
FOI Bill HB1610 Dies in Senate Committee
Faulkner County lawmakers and local residents advocated at the Legislature for and against Rep. Mary Bentley’s FOIA bill, HB1610, that passed the House but failed at the Senate Committee hearings. The Senate State Agencies...
