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 [...]
Ethics
King’s Anti-Corruption Bill Stopped by House Committee
Senate Bill 175, by Senator Bryan King, was chosen as the Best Legislation of 2017 by Conduit for Commerce. His bill was aimed at rampant Medicaid corruption and corruption [...]
REP. STURCH’S NON-DENIAL DENIAL
This is a follow up on our article advocating a change in Arkansas law to prohibit legislators from working for registered lobbyists. After all, legislators are even [...]
Working For A Lobbyist While Being a Legislator?
Arkansas law prohibits a legislator from being a lobbyist. But did you know it is not against the ethics law for a state legislator to work for a lobbyist? Shouldn’t it be [...]
Bribes or loans?
Former Senator Jon Woods (Springdale) is accused of taking bribes in return for directing General Improvement grants to Ecclesia College. According to the Democrat-Gazette, [...]
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 [...]
Senator Bryan King surprises challenger
State Senator Bryan King (R) of Green Forrest announced he will be a candidate for reelection for Senator of District 5. Senator King had considered not running because of [...]
Winrock International, the Governor, and a job to reward a state senator
Several readers have asked, “Why is state Senator David Sanders keeping a state funded job when Senator Joyce Elliott was pressured to resign from a job that was only [...]
Senator won’t lobby – Does that make it all rainbows and unicorns?
Winrock International announced that Senator David Sanders won’t lobby other legislators on behalf of Winrock or the Innovate Arkansas program which he was hired to direct. [...]
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