Comparing slush funds
As the trial of former state Senator Jon Woods continues, the public eye is on General Improvement Funds (GIF) and its use by at least one legislator, former Representative [...]
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Knowledge is Power: Asa’s Spending Spree
During the current Republican Primary for Governor between Jan Morgan and Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Asa has been promoting the $100 million income tax cuts in his first term in [...]
Liberal Defends Asa & Raising Grocery Tax
Why is liberal Democrat-Gazette columnist John Brummett spending so much time defending Governor Asa Hutchinson? Maybe because, as a liberal he likes Asa’s big government [...]
REP. STURCH’S NON-DENIAL DENIAL
This is a follow up on our article advocating a change in Arkansas law to prohibit legislators from working for registered lobbyists. After all, legislators are even [...]
Asa’s Forgotten Promise – Eliminate all grocery tax
Do you remember when Asa Hutchinson made a campaign promise to eliminate the grocery tax? He doesn’t want you to remember that! During the 2006 election for governor, Asa [...]
Working For A Lobbyist While Being a Legislator?
Arkansas law prohibits a legislator from being a lobbyist. But did you know it is not against the ethics law for a state legislator to work for a lobbyist? Shouldn’t it be [...]
Bribes or loans?
Former Senator Jon Woods (Springdale) is accused of taking bribes in return for directing General Improvement grants to Ecclesia College. According to the Democrat-Gazette, [...]
Knowledge Is Power: Arkansas Grocery Tax
The sales tax on groceries (food and food ingredients) has been a shifting policy debate for several years in Arkansas. Attempts to end or reduce the state sales tax on [...]
FACT CHECK: Asa pushback on transgender bathroom use?
Updated 4/11/2018 Conduit For Action focuses primarily on fiscal issues. But sometimes the statements of candidates on social issues can be revealing concerning their truth [...]
Increasing the grocery tax. Is it about “fairness” or “simplifying” tax law?
The Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force released its list of possible tax increases. High on its list is increasing the tax on groceries. They say the lower sales [...]
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