Reminder:HB1610 is in the Senate State Agencies committee this morning 4/4/23 at 10:00am. Please reach out to the Senators and urge them to vote against it. See details in the alert below from 4/1/2022. ————————————– Why are Arkansas Republicans Putting FOIAs in Jeopardy? HB1610 says we cannot have open and public government in Arkansas, which is a dismissive slap in […]
Why are Arkansas Republicans Putting FOIAs in Jeopardy? HB1610 says we cannot have open and public government in Arkansas, which is a dismissive slap in the face to taxpayers! Anything that weakens transparency should be considered dangerous. Can you imagine closing taxpayer-funded meetings, especially with the trying times we are living through these days? If […]
UPDATE: In our alert posted 3/19/2023, we inadvertently stated in error that South Dakota passed HB1193, legislation which would’ve amended provisions of the UCC… but they didn’t! This is great news! Thankfully, Governor Kristi Noem vetoed the bill on 3/9/2023, and you can read her well-written response to the House Speaker and members of the House […]
Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act is constantly under attack, but here are some good transparency bills we can get behind. Will you? The bills are sponsored by Senator Alan Clark from Lonsdale, Arkansas. We can always use more transparency. They are coming up in Senate State Agencies on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:00 AM! These […]