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Arkansas Governor's Attempt to Overhaul Transparency Law Scaled Back After Public Pushback

  • Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders called a special session to cut taxes, ban vaccine mandates, and overhaul the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Sanders said the law endangered her family by not shielding enough security information. She also wanted to limit records on policymaking and legal strategy.

  • Pushback came from both conservatives and liberals who distrusted officials operating with less scrutiny.

  • A bipartisan bill passed restricting only security records of the governor and officials. Other provisions were removed after public opposition.

  • Opponents said even the revised bill weakens a historically strong Freedom of Information Act in Arkansas.

nytimes.com
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