Insiders' Blog http://blog.capsearch.com Inside the Arkansas Legislature, from Capsearch.com Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Land of Opportunity Revisited? http://blog.capsearch.com/2010/11/17/land-of-opportunity-revisited/ http://blog.capsearch.com/2010/11/17/land-of-opportunity-revisited/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:42:49 +0000 Katie Bodenhamer http://blog.capsearch.com/?p=725 Rep. -elect David J. Sanders (R-31) has just pre-filed HB1005 that would change the state’s nickname back to the “Land of Opportunity”.

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Monday, November 15, 2010-Prefiling of Bills & Resolutions
Monday, January 10, 2011-Convening of Regular Session at 12:00 noon
Monday, January 24, 2011-Deadline to file retirement legislation and certain health care legislation
Wednesday, February 9, 2011-Deadline to file constitutional amendments
Monday, February 28, 2011-Deadline to file appropriations bills
Monday, March 7, 2011-Final deadline to file any legislation

]]> http://blog.capsearch.com/2010/11/15/important-dates/feed/ 4 88th General Assembly Roster & Committees http://blog.capsearch.com/2010/11/09/88th-general-assembly-roster-committees/ http://blog.capsearch.com/2010/11/09/88th-general-assembly-roster-committees/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:31:03 +0000 Katie Bodenhamer http://blog.capsearch.com/?p=709 Click below on Legislative Roster to view the entire list of legislators (as of today) that will be getting down to business in 2011.  And click on Committee Assignments to view  House, Senate & Joint committee membership.

Legislative Roster

Committee Assignments

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