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Arkansas Senate Approves Bill Protecting Female Sports

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The Arkansas Senate approved a bill that protects female sports by banning transgender women and girls from participating in those sports. Republican State Senator Missy Irvin from Mt. View and Republican State Representative Sonia Barker from Smackover sponsored SB354, the "Fairness in Women Sports Act".  

Arkansas Senate OKs plan to overhaul Medicaid expansion

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday approved a plan to overhaul the state’s Medicaid expansion by encouraging rather than requiring people on the program to work or go to school. The Senate voted 26-3 in favor of the effort to rework... Read More.
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ARHOME Gets Nod From Senate Committee

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ARHOME won approval in a State Senate committee Thursday.  The Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee approved the Medicaid expansion that encourages recipients to work instead of forcing them to do it. The work requirement that is currently in place has been blocked by... Read More.

State Senate Sends Governor Stronger Voter ID Bill

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate has sent Gov. Asa Hutchinson legislation making the state’s voter ID law stricter. The majority-Republican Senate by a 25 to 9 vote approved a bill that will no longer allow people without identification to cast a ballot,... Read More.
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State Senate approves change to voter identification law

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation making the state’s voter ID law stricter by no longer allowing people without identification to cast a ballot, even if they sign a statement affirming their identity. The majority-Republican Senate... Read More.

State senate approves bill to ban most abortions

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a measure banning nearly all abortions in the state, despite objections to the ban not including exceptions for rape or incest. The majority-Republican Senate approved the ban on a 27-7 vote, sending the measure... Read More.
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State Senate Report 02.10.21

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The Senate has voted to exempt last year’s unemployment benefits from state income taxes, to help people who lost their jobs because of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Senate Bill 236 would apply to benefits paid in 2020 and 2021. The unemployment rate... Read More.

State Senate Committee Passes Bill Banning Most Abortions

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An Arkansas Senate panel advanced legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade by banning nearly all abortions. The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed the bill banning all abortions except for those to save the life... Read More.
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State Senate Bans Flowers from Panels for Three Days

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(AP) An Arkansas state senator on Wednesday was suspended from serving on two committees for three days because she called a colleague a name during a debate over a failed resolution.  The Arkansas Senate voted 25-4 to forfeit Democratic state Sen. Stephanie Flowers’ privileges on... Read More.

State Senate votes to censure Flowers

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas lawmaker was censured for calling a colleague a “dumbass” during debate Tuesday over a nonbinding resolution on history that was overwhelmingly rejected. The Senate voted to censure Democratic Sen. Stephanie Flowers over the remark made toward the end... Read More.
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Drag Racing Bill to be Heard by State Senate

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The Arkansas Senate will hear a bill Monday that will make drag racing on a highway in the state a felony.  Republican State Sen. Blake Johnson from Corning is the sponsor of Senate Bill 247. Currently, if someone is caught drag racing on a state... Read More.

Senate panel OK’s home delivery of alcohol

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate panel on Tuesday advanced legislation allowing home delivery of alcohol by liquor stores, a measure that would make permanent something that’s been temporarily allowed during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee approved... Read More.
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