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 […]
HIGH ALERT! HB1610 is on the House floor today! March 30, 2023 <=== Call to ACTION Who is your Arkansas State Representative? Go to this website: https://www.arkansashouse.org/learn/district-map and type your street name, city, and state in the first box and your zip code in the second box. Click Search, and the name & contact info of your Rep. will pop up […]
RINO Republicans (known as American Legislative Exchange Council/ ALEC players) are taking aim at FOIAs… again! BAM BAM and our 1967 Sunshine Law is devastated! Please take action tonight because tomorrow (Weds, March 29, 2023) is the last day of Arkansas’ legislative session! This time, it’s HB1726. It means casting a dark veil over our transparency law so government meetings can be […]
Our FOIA Sunshine Law is in jeopardy once again. This strikes at the very heart of freedom! Arkansas Republicans are attempting to totally dismantle 1/2 of Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s crowning achievement, our FOIA law, by targeting the open meeting provisions of FOIA. As the great Patrick Henry said, “The liberties of a people never were, nor […]
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 […]