Ethics/ Transparency

Updated 8:29 AM 3/20/2017 Alert: The Arkansas House of Representatives is expected to vote on SB373 today (Monday, March 20, 2017). The bill weakens the Freedom of [...]

Do you know whether your Arkansas legislator is representing you … or the interest of a client or the legislator’s business when the legislator acts on legislation? [...]

Representative Bob Ballinger’s conflicts make him the wrong messenger for FOIA exemption WEAKENING FOIA Senator Bart Hester of Cave Springs filed Senate Bill 373 to exempt [...]

Senator Linda Collins-Smith filed SJR10 to end the legislature’s ability to use DECEPTIVE BALLOT TITLES and DECEPTIVE POPULAR NAMES on the constitutional amendments they [...]

In September, Conduit For Action reported Governor Asa Hutchinson had accepted prohibited gifts from lobbyists and the clients or employers of lobbyists though his political [...]

A new Senate Rule keeps Democrats from stacking the membership of any Senate Committee. This clears the path for the legislature to pass Senator Bryan King’s Voter ID law. [...]

Liberals and establishment Republicans said adopting Medicaid Expansion would solve Arkansas’ Medicaid funding needs. Do you remember when in 2012 when former Governor Mike [...]

Updated 9/26/2016 When Arkansas legislators are sworn in, they take an oath of office.  Perhaps the oath should be revised to say: “I promise to faithfully execute the [...]

Updated 9/21/2016 at 10:50 AM. It is election time again, which brings up a reoccurring issue. Why doesn’t Arkansas require voters to present photo identification? You may [...]

Since November 5, 2014 it has been illegal for the Governor and many other public officials to accept a “gift” from a lobbyist or from someone who employs or contracts [...]