"Gov. Sanders Calls Special Session to Address Tax Cuts, FOIA Updates, and COVID-19 Rules"

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for a special session focused on tax cuts, updates to the Freedom of Information Act, and changes to COVID-19 regulations. The session aims to cut $250 million in annual personal income taxes and $58 million in annual corporate income taxes, lower the personal income tax rate to 4.4% and the corporate income tax rate to 4.8%, and provide one-time tax relief payments to middle-class taxpayers. The session will also address updates to the Freedom of Information Act, including exemptions for the governor's security and internal deliberations in the executive branch. Additionally, legislation will be introduced to restrict COVID-19 mandates and ban vaccine mandates for state employees.