Ethics/ Transparency

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

State Representative Lance Eads cosponsored a proposed constitutional amendment that benefits his employer and funnels taxpayer money into the very program he heads for his [...]

The Cure for Influence Peddling in Arkansas By Brenda Vassaur Taylor November 10, 2015 ( updated 5:25PM) During the last few years, as Arkansas has increasingly elected [...]

  Media By: Joe Maynard It is interesting that the Conduit organizations are being more frequently mentioned and maligned in the liberal media these days. It is also [...]

CFA wrote an article concerning Senator Jon Woods’ terrible legislation, Act 1280 of 2015. (See: Senator Jon Woods and the demise of the Arkansas ethics law )  We called [...]

  With State Senator Jon Woods’ appalling record on ethics legislation, is it any wonder that big name politicians are endorsing him for another four-year term? [...]