Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

POLITICS: Legislative subcommittee OKs LEARNS Act voucher rules + more

Arkansas lawmakers signed off Thursday on permanent rules for the LEARNS Act's voucher program.
 â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ â€Œ 
͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌      ͏ ‌     

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Politics
Friday, March 15, 2024

Legislative subcommittee OKs permanent rules for LEARNS Act’s voucher program

Arkansas lawmakers signed off Thursday on permanent rules for the LEARNS Act's voucher program.
READ MORE

Legislative Council subcommittee approves emergency rule requiring male or female designation on driver’s licenses, other forms of state IDs

Emergency regulations barring Arkansans from changing their gender or selecting a gender-neutral option on their state-issued IDs will take effect Friday.
READ MORE

Arkansas oversight committee targets financial service firms in ‘activist’ climate-change initiatives for culling

Arkansas' ESG Oversight Committee on Thursday decided on a method for winnowing the financial service providers that the committee evaluates for its list of firms from which the state must divest because they discriminate against fossil fuel or firearms companies.
READ MORE

Under Crawford’s leadership, U.S. House working group releases final report addressing agricultural labor woes

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. House of Representatives working group has issued a final report on challenges facing producers in acquiring an adequate workforce, in which lawmakers made multiple recommendations for improving the federal temporary worker program.
READ MORE

Arkansas auditors: Augusta mayor wrote off $167,978 of residents’ utility bills

State auditors found the city of Augusta had given out no-bid contracts, wrote off utility bills for residents upon request from the mayor, and allowed use of a credit card "with a business purpose that could not be determined," according to a report released Wednesday.
READ MORE

Other newsletters:

RESTAURANTS & RECIPES - THE WEEK IN LITTLE ROCK - HIGH PROFILE - CRIME - SPORTS - POLITICS
News Photos Obituaries Classifieds
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details. Thank you for coming to the Web site of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We're working to keep you informed with the latest breaking news.

Click here to unsubscribe.

To advertise in this email, contact Leah Stoev at (501) 918-4522 or [email protected].
Copyright © 2024, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc.
All rights reserved.

This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc.

Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2024, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. All rights reserved.
Trouble viewing this email? Click here.
                                                           
Prev Newsletter Next Newsletter