A legislative panel on Tuesday endorsed the Arkansas State Police s request for the transfer of $5.8 million from the state s restricted reserve fund for the purchase of motor vehicles.
Citing financial reasons, the Arkansas National Guard Foundation has terminated its fundraising counsel agreement with Catherine Johnson, the wife of state Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Ferndale, the foundation s executive director said Friday.
The Legislative Council on Thursday delayed action on requests by Gov. Asa Hutchinson s administration to transfer $5 million in state restricted reserve funds to the Arkansas National Guard Foundation and $750,000 in state rainy-day funds to support the World Services for the Blind, and to grant spending authority to allow the attorney general to donate $250,000 in lawsuit settlement proceeds to the Sultana Historical Preservation Society.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's plan to tap $1.09 million in one-time state rainy-day funds to expand the state Division of Community Correction's intensive supervision program for high-risk parolees in central Arkansas zipped through the Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson s plan to tap $1.09 million in one-time state rainy-day funds to expand the state Division of Community Correction s intensive supervision program for high-risk parolees in central Arkansas zipped through the Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday.