Conduit’s Arkansas Legislative Scorecard 2019
Full Conduit Scorecard Here The Conduit for Commerce (CFC) Legislative Scorecard is a resource for Arkansans to learn how their legislators voted during the 2019—92nd [...]
2019 Legislative Session
Posts from the 2019 Arkansas Legislative Session.
Governors’ Nephew Inspiration For New “Left Pocket-Right Pocket” Law
The Arkansas news of late has been full of details about former Senator Jeremy Hutchinson’s alleged misuse of campaign funds, much of it for the benefit of a girlfriend. [...]
A Government Subsidy of Newspapers?
A Government Subsidy of Newspapers? By David Ferguson Newspapers, particularly the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, receive significant income from publishing state and local [...]
What Happens In Committee … Doesn’t Count?
Sen. Jim Hendren Traditionally legislative committees have been the place where legislators and lobbyists could quietly kill legislation without the public finding out how [...]
Rule Change Means Better Representation Of Your District
Rule Change Means Better Representation Of Your District by David Ferguson Rule changes in the legislature are rarely of much interest to the public but the rule change in [...]
New Law – Government Meetings Must Be Recorded
Several good laws were passed by the Arkansas Legislature this year. One of the new laws you may have missed is Act 1028 which requires government meetings to be video [...]
Embarrassingly Feeble Response To Corruption
What did the 2019 Arkansas legislature do to fight corruption? Close to zero. It was as if they think systemic corruption will go away on its own now that the “bad” [...]
Indictment Highlights Failure To Address Ethics Problems
Jeremy Hutchinson who is a nephew of Governor Asa Hutchinson has been indicted for taking bribes while he was in the Arkansas Senate. The federal indictment, which was [...]
Week 12 Arkansas Legislative Scorecard 2019
The 92nd General Assembly should wrap up this week, with Wednesday likely the last day of the regular legislative session. Last week saw the final major pieces of legislation [...]
Arkansas Taxes Too High – Map It.
The Governor and the state legislature are busy with taxes. Some taxes have been lowered for some groups, but only in future years. They are also busy raising many taxes. [...]
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