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Senate Ethics Rule Removes Role of Senators Critical of Business As Usual

June 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

Senate Ethics Rule Removes Role of Senators Critical of Business As Usual By David Ferguson On Thursday, Senate leaders unveiled a proposed rule on Senate ethics. The [...]

Good Ole Boy System – From Legislator to High Paid State Employee

June 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JEREMY GILLAM is the latest legislator to dump his constituents to take a high paying state position. His term of office would not have ended until the [...]

Bribery of Public Officials Disguised as Business Contracts

June 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Lobbyist Milton “Rusty” Cranford pled guilty of bribery saying he made payoffs to several state senators, including Senator Jeremy Hutchinson. Senator Hutchinson is the [...]

Politicians Are Shocked! Shocked!

June 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Let’s review: Former Rep. Micah Neal pled guilty. Senator Jake Files pled guilty. Former Senator Jon Woods was found guilty. Former Senator Henry Hank Wilkins IV pled [...]

Training Your Legislator

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Soon after the General Election in November the Arkansas Senate and the House of Representatives will each hold organizational and training sessions for new legislators. What [...]

AR legislators pocket YOUR money when lobbyists buy their meals and drinks

June 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

When an Arkansas legislator goes to a legislative meeting the legislator is paid for mileage to and from home, a per diem for lodging, and a per diem for meals and [...]

How To Identify Whether A Legislative Task Force Has Been Created To Stack The Deck

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

How To Identify Whether A Legislative Task Force Has Been Created To Stack The Deck By David Ferguson Conduit For Action has written several articles criticizing two [...]

What happened to representative democracy in Arkansas?

February 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

What happened to representative democracy in Arkansas? By David Ferguson Speaker of the House, Jeremy Gillam and President Pro Tempore of the Senate Jonathan Dismang wrote [...]

Phase Two: Defeat the Conservative Masquerade

September 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Republican Party is now the majority party in Arkansas. Yet, here we are in 2017 wondering why state government seems no different from when the Democrats were in [...]

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