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Earlier this year, Arkansas legislators passed laws that advocates say make it nearly impossible to get initiatives on statewide election ballots.

Instead of building what State Senator Bryan King calls a 3,000 bed mega-prison in West Arkansas, he proposes relocating existing state funds to increase prison capacity in high crime counties.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said he respects the judge’s ruling, but plans to appeal. Provisions of the legislation would criminalize librarians for offering book materials that are deemed “harmful to minors.”

Their proposed constitutional amendment would broaden access to medical marijuana in Arkansas, for those over 21.

Now supporters of the Arkansas Abortion Amendment must wait to hear whether they will be given an extra 30-day cure period to get more signatures.

The signatures in question had been collected by paid canvassers, not volunteers.

The top individual income tax rate in Arkansas will drop from 4.4% to 3.9%.

Several voter signature canvassing groups face new challenges in Arkansas with the July 5 deadline fast approaching.

Arkansas resident Gladys Anderson says the sound of 17,000 computer fans just a few hundred feet from her home created a constant shrieking and humming sound.