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View on Issue 1 from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The full article may be read in its entirety by clicking here. Below is an excerpt. Vote no on Ballot Issue 1. Placing a tax that hurts the poor and families does nothing to truly move Arkansas forward. Issue No. 1 would finance a $1.3 billion bond issue with a “temporary” half-percent sales tax and [...]

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Senate Committee of the Whole

February 04, 2013 J,

Are you interested in learning more about what Governor Mike Beebe has to say about this so called “super project?” Well you can find out direct from the Senate today at 1:30 p.m. We’ll be live streaming the proceedings and you may view it on our Twitter page (it’s free and you don’t have to [...]

Capitol Highlights

January 31, 2013 J

Here are a few bills we are keeping a close eye on over the coming days in Little Rock: HB 1041: Responsible Spending Initiative Representative Bruce Westerman, Hot Springs, introduced HB1041 which would limit the growth of government spending so that it would not exceed the growth of the economy. This bill is a good [...]

Revenue and Taxation

January 30, 2013 J

Yesterday was a great day at the state Capitol for school choice. And today will be another good day to hear some debate on Senator Johnny Key’s pro-school choice proposal (SB 65) in the Senate Education Committee. We encourage you to come on by if you are able. With that said, during the House Revenue [...]

What do you think?

January 17, 2013 J,

Well things are coming to a close for the first week of the 89th General Assembly. What are your thoughts? Better yet – what would you like to see the Legislature do or enact this year? We asked this recently on our Facebook page and received a vast array of suggestions. It seems that there [...]

The State of the State

January 16, 2013 J,

Did you miss the State of the State address yesterday? Were you on pins and needles to learn what Governor Mike Beebe addressed? Maybe you’re just curious to see if it will be much of the same rhetoric we’ve been hearing for the last year and a half. Well whatever your mental persuasion on this [...]

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