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8 Apr 2016, 9:02 am by Eric Needs
Medical groups seek Arkansas tort reform amendment after the attorney general of Arkansas certified the ballot title for a constitutional amendment that would require General Assembly to limit damages in medical lawsuits, though its health provider backers are pulling favoring another amendment which they say will be more comprehensive. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 8:19 am by Katlin Newman, J.D.
The 90th Arkansas General Assembly entered its second extraordinary session on Wednesday, April 6, to consider Gov. [read post]
31 Mar 2016, 1:28 pm by Alex R. McQuade
According to the BBC, two teenagers are accused of killing a couple in Conway, Arkansas. [read post]
1 Jan 2016, 6:57 am
This post examines an opinion from the Arkansas Supreme Court:  Hinton v. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 6:26 am by Jim Sedor
Arkansas – Ex-Arkansas Senate Head Got $120K from GroupArkansas Business – Claudia Lauer (Associated Press) | Published: 10/21/2015 The Arkansas Faith and Freedom Coalition paid Michael Lamoureux’s law firm $120,000 for “consulting” services in 2013, when Lamoureux was the Arkansas Senate president pro tempore. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 3:15 am by Walter Olson
While my piece is critical of his enforcement actions, it also makes clear that most of what he’s up to simply applies the set of far-reaching powers assembled by earlier state attorneys general before him, from Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo in New York to figures in other states like Jerry Brown, Richard Blumenthal, Jim Hood, and even Bill Clinton. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 3:19 pm
(b) The people have a right, which includes the right to use traditional methods, to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, subject only to the laws prescribed by the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the General Assembly to: (1) promote wildlife conservation and management; and (2) preserve the future of hunting and fishing. [read post]
29 May 2015, 1:03 pm by Katlin Newman, J.D.
The First Extraordinary Session of the 90th General Assembly adjourned on Thursday, May 28. [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 7:37 am by Jim Sedor
New York – Carl Heastie, New York Assembly Speaker, Benefited from Mother’s EmbezzlingNew York Times – Russ Buettner and David Chen | Published: 4/20/2015 The New York Times reported that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie appears to have benefited from his mother’s past embezzlement. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 6:59 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Bill 967 amends state ethics laws and Amendment 94 to the Arkansas Constitution and requires a two-thirds vote for approval in both chambers. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
” Statistically, Faith Assembly was a death sentence for many women and children: “death rates among Faith Assembly women in childbirth were 8,700% higher than those of Indiana women in general and that death rates among their infants were 270% higher than the statewide average. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 6:36 pm by Howard Friedman
The Arkansas General Assembly today gave final passage to HB 1228, the Arkansas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (full text) and sent it to Gov. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 1:01 pm by Jon Gelman
After Montgomery’s, heroic confrontations loomed up in Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, and elsewhere. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 10:52 am by Maureen Johnston
Personhuballah 14-518Issue: (1) Whether the court below erred in failing to make the required finding that race rather than politics predominated in Virginia Congressional District 3, where there is no dispute that politics explains the enacted plan; (2) whether the court below erred in relieving plaintiffs of their burden to show an alternative plan that achieves the General Assembly's political goals, is comparably consistent with traditional districting principles, and… [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 10:00 am by HL Chronicle of Data Protection
This year, the New York State Assembly is considering legislation (A. 10190) that would impose prescriptive Massachusetts-like data security requirements. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 10:02 pm by Dan Flynn
“The state allows limited incidental sales, but generally prohibits the sale of unpasteurized milk, which may carry bacteria that causes food-borne illnesses. [read post]
15 Jun 2014, 2:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In 1881, the conflict was resolved when the state General Assembly passed Concurrent Resolution No. 4 stating that the state’s name was to be spelled “Arkansas” but pronounced Arkan”saw”. [read post]
30 May 2014, 6:22 am by Jim Sedor
Terry McAuliffe vetoed identical ethics reform bills limiting certain gifts to him after the General Assembly rejected amendments he proposed to place that limit on lawmakers. [read post]
12 May 2014, 4:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
   The Wright plaintiffs included 12 same-sex couples seeking to marry in Arkansas and 8 same sex couples seeking to have Arkansas recognize their marriages despite two Arkansas laws expressly prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages: Act 144 of 1997 of the Arkansas General Assembly, codified at Ark. [read post]