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Final Stretch for FOIA Petition Signing…

The Freedom to Petition Our Government! Readers, we are in striking distance of the required numbers needed for our FOIA/transparency petitions. There are only a couple of weeks left to gather signatures, so please keep going! The petitions must be turned in by July 5, 2024. Every signature counts as we are approaching the close of this opportunity to keep […]

ACTION ALERT: Exposing the Swamp! HB1610 in Senate Committee 4/4/23

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 […]

Exposing the Swamp! HB1610 in Senate Committee

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 […]