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” [...]
Ethics/ Transparency
Restoring Term Limits
Just last month former Senator Jon Woods was convicted of public corruption including taking kickbacks and bribes and money laundering. Over the course of the Woods trial, a [...]
Asa Knew . . . Still Supported Jon Woods
During the recent public corruption trial of convicted felon Jon Woods many revelations came out in open court. Woods was convicted on 15 of the 17 charged crimes including [...]
Fact Check – Bob Ballinger on Government Transparency
What you need to know about how a political insider wants to keep you in the dark. Rep. Bob Ballinger is trying hard to get voters to associate him with the words [...]
While Little Rock Burns
There is an epidemic of public corruption in Arkansas. It is hard to keep up with all the new stories of bribery, fraud, and corruption. Here is a partial list of Arkansans [...]
Sham Ethics Rules for AR Legislature & Lots of Loopholes
Every Senator and Representative in the Arkansas General Assembly will have personal conflicts of interest on some legislation. For example, a farmer will have an interest in [...]
How Did My Arkansas Legislator Vote?
Every Arkansas state Senator and Representative LOVE to tell you about his or her legislative record. But some don’t want you to see how they voted because the votes are [...]
Rewarding waste in Arkansas – We’ll leave the light on for you
Last December, Arkansas’ Legislative Audit determined the Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor had used travel money inappropriately and some of his trips appearing [...]
Sixteen felon AR politicians and counting
Sixteen felon Arkansas politicians and counting By David Ferguson Late last year former State Representative Micah Neal pled guilty of taking kickbacks for authorizing state [...]
Time running out for SB726 on closing ethics loophole for legislators who are attorneys or consultants
Senator Linda Collins-Smith and Senator Terry Rice filed SB726 to stop Arkansas legislators from making a mockery of the ethics law on lobbying and prohibited appearances. [...]
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