General Assembly

On April 5, following a recent report on the Arkansas State government’s budget surplus, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that he would be calling a special session of the state legislature to address the 1.6 billion in extra revenue. “June revenue…

This week I signed Senate Bill 107, which requires high school students to take at least one computer science course in order to graduate. This is a gigantic step forward among many steps that we’ve taken to advance computer science…

by Caleb Talley The number of bills filed this legislative session has barreled past the 2,000-mile marker. We’re now up to 2,370, and the end isn’t exactly in sight. On Monday, the House overwhelmingly approved (92-0, the rest chose not…

by Caleb Talley  Earlier this week, I asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to make a ruling on the state’s voter ID law so that this week’s Cash & Candor on Issue 2 would be even more timely. And on Thursday,…

A new law regulating the companies that manage insurance reimbursements for Arkansas pharmacies has been signed into law. Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved the measure March 15. Passed as identical bills SB 2 and HB 1010 with broad bipartisan support, the…

The State of Our State On Monday, at the opening of the 91st General Assembly’s fiscal session, I proposed to legislators that when they convene next year, that we pass legislation that will cut the marginal individual tax rate in…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday delivered his State of the State address to the 91st General Assembly. The speech came ahead of the fiscal session at the Arkansas State Capitol. In his speech, Hutchinson outlined successes since taking office in…