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Senate Bill 212 would create a “Document Validity Division” under the secretary of state tasked with investigating potential fraud in the ballot initiative process.

The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.

The "Communist China Defense" legislative package includes six bills targeting the country's influence on Arkansas.

If passed, regional library system directors in Arkansas would no longer be required to hold a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association.

Bills to ban phones in schools, boost maternal health and impose new restrictions on the ballot initiative process all gained final legislative approval Tuesday.

Arkansas lawmakers have sent a proposal to ban all state-sponsored affirmative action programs to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for further action.

Senate Bill 184 would disband the State Library Board and the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, transferring their duties to the Department of Education.

A series of bills would put new restrictions on canvassers collecting signatures for ballot initiatives and proposed constitutional amendments.

Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to end the Jefferson County government shutdown that's lasted since the beginning of the year.

Senate Bill 3 seeks to remove affirmative action programs and prohibit "preferential treatment" in the state. It now returns to the Senate to approve an amendment before heading to the governor’s desk.