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Joint Insurance Committees: Feb. 13, 2026

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Joint Insurance Committees February 13, 2026 Senator Blake Johnson Members, if you would, find your seats and we can get started. Meeting jointly, Insurance and Commerce, House and Senate. Today,…

Joint Children and Youth: Feb. 11, 2026

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Senate Committee on Children and Youth House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative Affairs Meeting Jointly February 11, 2026 Senator Ben Gilmore All right, members, I’m going to…

Joint Public Health: Feb. 4, 2026

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Senate and House Public Health Committees February 4, 2026 Representative Jeff Wardlaw Members, if you would, grab your seats. Senator Crowell, will you open us with prayer? If you would,…

Paying for Kids, Not Empty Chairs: Arkansas Moves to Reshape Childcare

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The Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program is overdue for an overhaul to ensure money follows kids, not empty chairs. This shift could unlock hundreds of childcare spots for working families…

Joint Education Committee: Feb. 3, 2026

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House and Senate Education Committees February 3, 2026 Representative Keith Brooks All right. Joint Education will come back into order. Ladies, if you would, please go ahead and just introduce…

Are We Better Off Than We Were Before Lake View?

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More than 20 years after the Arkansas Supreme Court’s landmark Lake View ruling, it’s time to ask a fundamental question: Are education outcomes better? Spoiler alert: They’re not. That question…

Joint Education Committees: Feb. 2, 2026

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House and Senate Education Committees February 2, 2026 Senator Jane English Good afternoon, everyone. Everybody’s glad to be out of the house, have somebody to talk to. I call this…

Joint Public Health: Jan. 7, 2026

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Senate and House Public Health January 7, 2026 Representative Jeff Wardlaw Representative Steimel, you might open us up with prayer. [Prayer] Members, do I have a motion to approve the…

Joint Education: Jan. 6, 2026

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Joint Education January 6, 2026 Senator Jane English …to order. And the first thing we have on the agenda is a motion to approve the November 3 minutes. Representative Keith…

Child Abuse Hotline seeing fewer acceptance rates

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The hotline that serves as Arkansas’s front door for child-abuse reports took in 17,335 contacts last quarter. Yet lawmakers zeroed in on a different number — a 6% drop in…

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