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Arkansas Legislature gears up for final weeks of 2025 session

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House Speaker Brian Evans and Lt. Gov. Leslie Rutledge preside over a joint session of the Arkansas House and Senate on Jan. 14, 2025. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate) Arkansas legislative leaders say they expect long days at the Capitol during the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, which they anticipate concluding by April 16. “We’re going to start earlier in the day, and we’re going to work late in the day” to move bills throu…

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Arkansas Legislature gears up for final weeks of 2025 session

House Speaker Brian Evans and Lt. Gov. Leslie Rutledge preside over a joint session of the Arkansas House and Senate on Jan. 14, 2025. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas legislative leaders say they expect long days at the Capitol during the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, which they anticipate ending by April 16. “We’re going to start earlier in the day and we’re going to work late in the day” to move bills through com…

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HB1681: Arkansas Legislature Hands $500 Million in Unchecked Spending to Unelected Commission - Conduit News Arkansas

Does this feel like deja vu? Certainly seems that way. Here we are, yet again this session, with another piece of legislation from elected officials who are proudly outsourcing their responsibilities to an unelected group of bureaucrats, offering them a blank check. HB1681 grants the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) sweeping new powers and a massive budget boost—$50 million annually for the next decade, totaling $500 million. This fu…

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