Arkansas 94th General Assembly enacted education and public safety overhauls and income tax bills during its regular session, yet social issue bills overshadowed them at times.
The Arkansas Senate and House of Representatives on Friday approved identical versions of the state s Revenue Stabilization Act that would boost the state s general revenue budget by $177.7 million to $6.2 billion in the coming fiscal year before they recessed the regular session until May 1 or sooner.
The Arkansas House on Thursday advanced a broad criminal justice bill intended to overhaul the state s parole system and require people convicted of serious crimes to serve most if not all of their sentences in prison.
An Arkansas House panel on Wednesday advanced an amended version of a broad criminal justice bill that aims to restructure the state s parole system and require people convicted of the most violent felonies to serve the entirety of their sentences in prison.
Like many issues in American politics these days, the "crime problem" seems to divide us into separate groups, barking at each other, not really listening to the opposition but just waiting for the opening to shout back.