Prison spending, nitrogen executions and higher electric bills: The Week in Review, March 7, 2025

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Stories discussed this week:

Power companies would be able to raise your electric bill more easily under new legislation

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/power-companies-would-be-able-to-raise-your-electric-bill-more-easily-under-new-legislation

Senate committee advances bill to ease utility regulations at consumer expense

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/27/senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ease-utility-regulations-at-consumer-expensexpense

House committee advances nitrogen gas execution bill

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/02/28/email-shows-new-prison-build-was-first-priced-at-1-2-billion-almost-3-times-higher-than-governors-number

Governor’s ‘major’ grocery tax relief bill would save you a whole quarter on a $200 trip to the store

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/governors-major-grocery-tax-relief-bill-would-save-you-a-whole-quarter-on-a-200-trip-to-the-store

Budget bill for Franklin Co. prison now $750 million, more than twice what lawmakers said last week

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/03/budget-bill-for-franklin-co-prison-now-750-million-more-than-twice-what-lawmakers-said-last-week

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