Rainy Day Fund deception – Part 1
Before Governor Asa Hutchinson called the most recent special session in May 2016 to find additional highway funding, two things seemed clear: Legislators were against [...]
Commentary
Resigning from the legislature to take a state job – Your opinion?
Today we pose a question for you to ponder. Should a member of the Arkansas General Assembly be able to resign his or her office to take a lucrative state job? Or, is the [...]
Ban on legislators accepting newly created state jobs. Does it apply to Kelley Linck’s job?
Representative Kelley Linck (R) resigned from the House of Representatives to accept a job with the Department of Human Services. Linck became DHS’s “first chief of [...]
How a 1997 Power Grab is costing Arkansas taxpayers millions on pet projects
The 1997 session of the Arkansas legislature has been called “Grab Fest.” The media primarily remembers Grab Fest for legislation passed to financially benefit some [...]
Asa Hutchinson and Bill Clinton …
Governor Asa Hutchinson is already calling his third special session of the Arkansas General Assembly. He has been governor less than a year and a half. The special session [...]
Ethics “restrictions” help big lobbying interests
Much has been said about the deceptive Issue #3 of 2014, which is now Amendment 94 to the Arkansas Constitution. While it was promoted as an ethics amendment, the amendment [...]
Constitutional crisis or legislative inaction? Fiscal Session appropriation bills
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OR LEGISLATIVE INACTION? The problem of general law in Arkansas’ Fiscal Sessions Guest Article by: David Ferguson A BREWING CONSTITUTIONAL [...]
Set Up
Well, the taxpayers and most voters got set up by the establishment once more. Regardless of your position regarding tax money paying for non working people in Arkansas, it [...]
A matter of character
There is something much bigger and much more important than the results of the funding fight over Arkansas’ Obamacare Medicaid Expansion. The more important factor is what [...]
Why the Arkansas “Conservative Ten” are so dangerous
Governor Asa Hutchinson claims ten State Senators are dangerous. He claims they are dangerous to the funding of education, roads, foster children, local programs, etc. [...]
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