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'Arkansas Senate'

UPDATE: And if you can't trust Bob Ballinger who can you trust?

Fifteen members of the Senate declare it is time -- and safe -- to go back to work.
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A second Democrat announces to challenge Trent Garner for Senate seat

Keidra Burrell, a Pine Bluff lawyer, became the second Democrat to announce a challenge to Republican incumbent Sen. Trent Garner of El Dorado.
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Will Bond won't seek re-election; Clarke Tucker plans race

Sen. Will Bond, the Little Rock Democrat, won't seek re-election in 2020. But another familiar name is preparing to make the race.

Former Game and Fish leader to challenge Sen. Alan Clark in primary

Jeff Crow will challenge Sen. Alan Clark's re-election bid in the Republican primary.
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Details released on a $100 million tax cut proposal to be paid with increased tobacco taxes

Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren and other legislators will announce today a plan for a $100 million income tax cut for low- and middle-income taxpayers with the revenue loss offset by increases in cigarette and vape taxes.

Still more legislative trickery, this time on new school voucher legislation

A hurryup override of voters on a minimum wage increase wasn't the only legislative trickery afoot yesterday. A key step was also taken to smooth passage of a monumental change in education policy in favor of school vouchers.
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Women's rights suffer in Arkansas and at U.S. Supreme Court

The news was bad yesterday for women's medical rights, in a couple of happenings that should have been no surprise.

Hello Mrs. Bates, I’m Johnny Cash

In a non-binding vote, the Arkansas Senate today expressed support for civil rights figure Daisy Bates and musician Johnny Cash to represent the state in the national Capitol’s collection of state statuary. Former Sen. James Clarke and lawyer Uriah Rose stand there now.
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Tax cut bill falls short in first Senate vote after defeat of effort to limit benefit for the richest 1 percent

The Senate today fell two votes short of passage of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's income tax cut for the rich after first turning down an unsuccessful effort by Democratic Sen. Will Bond to limit the cut provided the very richest Arkansans.

Sens. Chesterfield and Elliott and the problems with a constitutional convention

If you didn't see the video going around social media or missed Max's post earlier this week, you missed some of the most important commentary of the year on the state of politics from Democratic Sens. Linda Chesterfield and Joyce Elliott during Tuesday's debate on Senate Joint Resolution 3. The resolution calls for the United States Congress to convene a convention to amend the United States Constitution. Some supporters of the resolution hope to use the convention to pass a balanced budget amendment. Both Chesterfield and Elliott point out that, instead of a convention, we should use the electoral process to accomplish the same goal, and, more importantly, tinkering with the Constitution could be dangerous for some Americans.
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Senate moves to allow broadcast of meetings

Good news today from Michael Wickline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: The Arkansas Senate has begun the process to live stream both Senate sessions and committee meetings beginning in January.

Senate cuts off Democratic committee influence with new rule

The Arkansas Senate is drawing committee assignments today and the Republican majority took steps to make sure there'd be no committee packing by Democrats as occurred in the House.
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