The American Hospital Association teamed up with nonprofit organization 340B Health and the Arkansas Hospital Association to file an amicus brief against a constitutional challenge brought by a pharma lobby group.
With no fanfare in this year s regular session, the Legislature repealed an 8-year-old state law barring a candidate or public official from displaying one or more campaign banners, campaign signs or other campaign literature larger than 12 inches by 12 inches on a vehicle belonging to the candidate or public official while on state Capitol grounds.
An Arkansas House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill aimed at addressing a seven-year misinterpretation of state law by the Arkansas Department of Corrections which lawmakers said resulted in nearly 300 inmates convicted of residential burglary losing their eligibility for parole despite what they were told by attorneys and courts.
The Committee on Judiciary advanced Senate Bill 366 by Sen. Joshua Bryant, R-Rogers, on a voice vote without audible dissent. The measure moves to the full House for further action.
Camden Fairview School District plan on filing a responsive brief to Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin s request for a district judge to overturn Camden Fairview s decree prohibiting student transfers to Harmony Grove, according to Attorney Whitney Moore.