Articles by Conduitforaction

Education board didn’t want teens and preteens to study the founding of our nation – New law say otherwise.

July 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

You may not be aware of an important Arkansas law that will become effective on July 22, 2015. The Republican majority legislature passed a law to counter a State Board of [...]

Don’t look behind the curtain – Senator Jim Hendren’s deceptive Act 46 of 2015 (SB96)

July 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Senator Jim Hendren is still making speeches claiming his Act 46 of 2015 (SB96) ends the “Private Option.” Yes, his legislation “says” it is is ending the [...]

Trojan Horse Amendment Gives Arkansas Legislators A Pension Boost

June 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Issue No. 3, approved last November, may go down in history as the most deceptive amendment ever made to the Arkansas constitution. The amendment was proposed by [...]

Sunset Review legislation much needed

June 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

What do you think would happen if you drove your car for years but never had any normal maintenance done? What if you just put gas in the car and never even bothered to check [...]

Governor Hutchinson’s weird week made possible by his nephew

June 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review recommended to the State Board of Education that it end use of the standardized test by [...]

Send in the clowns – Your DHS circus at work

June 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Where did the money go? Don’t worry. Be happy! The Arkansas Department of Human Services can’t properly account for $43.9 million in Medicaid funds last year. To DHS [...]

Government Money For Votes?

June 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

You may not have noticed this item when the Arkansas General Assembly approved a new budget for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015. In addition, the measures would [...]

Incumbent politicians to freeze out primary challengers

May 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

UPDATE: This article was written in anticipation that Governor Asa Hutchinson would include items in the Special Session to move up the primaries and move back the Fiscal [...]

Raiding state funding sources for Medicaid

May 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

This is the third in a series on Arkansas’ General Improvement Fund but it also focuses on the Tobacco Settlement Program Account General Improvement Fund The General [...]

The Fall & Rise of Legislative Pork in Arkansas

May 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

This is the second in a series of articles on General Improvement Funds The General Improvement Fund (GIF) used to be used for improvements to state facilities, state parks [...]

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