Secure Arkansas is requesting that the Arkansas Senate STOP this bad bill — SB 373 — immediately — Friday, March 31, 2017. SB 373 is an ANTI- Freedom of Information Act bill! It is your responsibility, Arkansas senators, to protect our ability to access information. We do NOT want bureaucrats hiding huge amounts of OUR public records! This bill […]
Once again, Senator Bart Hester’s ANTI-FOIA SB 373 is coming up Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act is under attack! Arkansas’ two university systems, University of Arkansas and the University for Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are pushing for legislation that would limit taxpayer access to public records! “[The University of Arkansas] has ALWAYS […]
A quick review of SJR 9, SJR 7, AND SJR 2 Warning Legislators: None of these original Con Con bills should have ever been resurrected! It’s too risky! The stunt used to resurrect these bills was confusing, and we believe it was meant to be so! SJR 9 was changed from Method 2 (Con-Con) to Method […]
This ANTI-FOIA bill could be coming up any time before the 2017 legislative session closes at the Arkansas Capitol, and we need YOUR HELP contacting all the senators and opposing this anti-freedom legislation TODAY — before it’s too late to stop it! This is a bad bill! We need government transparency because we simply cannot afford to […]
Vote NO on SJR 9 AND SJR 2 Attention All Legislators: Remember, a “NO” VOTE is required on ANY piece of legislation which calls for a convention or mentions Article V! (There are now 3 resolutions calling for a convention: SJR 2, SJR 7, and SJR 9.) All the states can do is APPLY for […]