Homestead tax credit, prison funding restriction, PBS funds advance as fiscal session nears end

Homestead tax credit, prison funding restriction, PBS funds advance as fiscal session nears end

Members of the House of Representatives talk before the State of the State address at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation Monday to increase the homestead property tax credit, prohibit specific funds from being used on a Franklin County prison and increase the state’s public television spending authority. The Senate is expected to v…