*** 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 […]
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 […]
A Cloud Hangs Over the Arkansas State Capitol! Over the past few months, fifty-eight (58) exemptions, restrictions, or changes to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been filed in the Arkansas Legislature for 2017. Fifty years of transparency (Sunshine Laws) — hacked away in an alarming amount in this legislative session! Our ability for transparency […]