Legislature considering voting-rights bills
Voting is one of the most fundamental rights of Americans; but more than 240 years after the founding of our country, it is a right still not guaranteed for all […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
Much of the talk this week has been about what kind of Arkansas we want, and if the bills being filed at the Capitol reflect that. With some of the […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
This was a short week for Arkansas’s 93rd General Assembly, with the Capitol closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The State House of Representatives was in […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
The Arkansas General Assembly convened on Monday, but this year’s session will look different from any we’ve ever seen. With the pandemic raging, the legislature has adopted new procedures to […]
AACF will push for hate crime legislation
Arkansas has the opportunity in 2021 to adopt its first ever hate crime law — an idea the Legislature has rejected again and again under both Democratic and Republican leadership. […]