For more than two hours Wednesday morning, state representatives and members of the public discussed Senate Bill 197, which would mostly prohibit municipalities from regulating short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO houses.
A judge in Alabama has invalidated that state's law aimed at preventing local governments from removing monuments to the Confederacy. This has relevance in Arkansas because of pending legislation.
Here's the bigger picture on a good story in the Democrat-Gazette today on manipulation of a Republican legislator by some sketchy characters with sketchy legislation.