Following the Governor’s meeting with Arkansas elected prosecutors, State Senator Ben Gilmore, and State Representative Jimmy Gazaway, Sanders’ spokeswoman Alexa Henning released the following readout.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Campus Free Speech Restoration Act, a bill that protects the First Amendment rights of students at public universities from unconstitutional speech codes and so-called free speech zones.
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in introducing the Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act, legislation to amend the federal tax code to restore state and local governments’ ability to use advance refunding to manage bond debt and reduce borrowing costs for public projects.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on May 1, 2023 that she will name Dr. Ken Warden as the Commissioner of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Montana), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) in introducing legislation to stop the Department of Defense (DOD) from using taxpayer funds or taxpayer-funded facilities from hosting drag queen performances.
After filing a lawsuit on May 2, 2023 against North Little Rock-based Duncan Burial Vaults, LLC and its owner, Damon Duncan, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement.
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and a bipartisan group of senators are championing a resolution celebrating National Charter School Week and commending charter schools on their contribution to education.
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is championing a legislative effort to invest in proactive, on-the-ground conservation work led by states, territories, and Tribal nations to support the long-term health of fish and wildlife and their habitats all across America as a cosponsor of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA).
U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Todd Young (R-IN) are leading the effort to create a refundable tax credit to help blind Americans afford technology and tools that enhance their ability to perform daily, necessary functions.
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to support Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request for an additional 30 days of 100 percent federal cost share for state and local resources as communities continue to clean up from March 31, 2023 severe storms and tornadoes in Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski counties.
Arkansas' death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending April 22, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 43,154 total OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in Arkansas in 2021, a 1.5 percent decrease from 2020, according to the official Social Security Administration website.