The Arkansas Senate Republican Caucus on Tuesday elected Sen. Bart Hester of Cave Springs over Sen. Terry Rice of Waldron as its nominee for Senate president tempore-designate.
The Arkansas Senate Republican Caucus on Tuesday elected Sen. Bart Hester of Cave Springs over Sen. Terry Rice of Waldron as its nominee for Senate president tempore-designate.
State Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, is stepping down from her position as 18th District representative, after accepting the position of community development director for the city of Longview. According to a Monday press release, Rivers will begin her new job this week.
THE ISSUE
A group of Pennsylvania senators, led by Republican Scott Martin of Martic Township, asked Gov. Tom Wolf in a letter last week to lift most of the stateâs COVID-19 mitigation orders by Friday, May 28, rather than on Monday, May 31, as announced. This would allow hospitality and tourism businesses to make the most of the Memorial Day weekend, the senators said. The Wolf administration announced last week that the commonwealthâs remaining COVID-19 mitigation orders, except mask-wearing, would be lifted at 12:01 a.m. Memorial Day. The public mask mandate is to remain in place until 70% of Pennsylvania adults are fully vaccinated.
Recount Faces Week Off
The most visible piece of the audit the livestreamed hand recount of all 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots for president and U.S. Senate - is moving at a glacial pace.
At the end of this week, the recount will come to a temporary halt.
The Senate’s contract to use Veterans Memorial Coliseum for its hand count ends on Friday. The audit will have to clear out of the coliseum that day to make room for a week’s worth of Phoenix high school graduations.
As of Monday, a new contract between the Senate and the Arizona State Fair, the coliseum’s operator, had not been signed.