Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a bill that will require state officials to create and issue a special license plate for the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.
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Send Bill Halter, CEO of Scenic Hill Solar, marks the opening of a 35-kilowatt array for the Little Rock Audubon Center. (Kyle Massey)
Former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is walking on sunbeams this spring, skipping from one public solar power project to another as CEO of Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock.
Tuesday morning found him at the Little Rock Audubon Center, cutting the ribbon on a Scenic Hill 35-kilowatt array that made the conservation organization’s 4500 Springer Blvd. headquarters the first 100% renewable energy-powered nonprofit in the state.
On Wednesday morning, he’s scheduled to speak at the groundbreaking of a far larger project, Central Arkansas Water’s 4.8-megawatt sun power station covering 30 acres in Cabot. CAW, the state’s largest water utility, bought the land two years ago in anticipation of the project.
Bill proposed to make feminine hygiene products tax-free in Arkansas
If passed, the bill would make tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar feminine hygiene products tax free items. Author: THV11 Digital Updated: 10:31 PM CST January 26, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas
(Eds. note: The attached video is from a Dec. 2020 report from our Tegna affiliate WTSP about a teen who is working to end period poverty in Tampa, Florida.)
Arkansas State Representative Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville) has introduced a bill that would exempt feminine hygiene products for sales and use tax.
If passed, this bill would make tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar feminine hygiene products tax-free items.