On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the City of Fort Smith did not violate the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). That court’s opinion reversed the lower court ruling, and Attorney Joey McCutchen noted that the Supreme Court, at least implicitly, overruled 43 years of case law that has been relied upon by lawyers, […]
Secure Arkansas would like to share this much needed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit with our reading audience because we had a really nasty legislative battle on our hands this last 2017 session regarding the MANY pieces of foul legislation that were filed by some underhanded lawmakers trying to block public access to desperately […]
*** Vote No on SB 373, Anti-Freedom of Information Act Bill (Senate) *** *** Vote No on SB 140, Internet Sales and Use Tax (House) *** The Arkansas Senate convenes Monday, April 3, 2017 at 9:00 a.m, and the Arkansas House convenes Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Click here for the Arkansas State Legislature meetings for the week. Please note that there […]
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 […]