Tax Task Force Ends: Net Tax Increase In First Fiscal Year
The Tax Reform and Relief Task Force is over. After 18 months of meetings and in-depth research on Arkansas taxes,
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Jim Hendren
Scare Tactics: Don’t Be Kansas!
Incoming Senate President Pro Tempore, Jim Hendren (the Governor’s nephew) bragged on the work of his tax task force which is
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Tax Task Force Finalizing Tax Increase/Decrease Measures for 2019 Session
The Arkansas Tax Task Force met again this week in its next to last meeting of its existence. The task
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ELECTIONS: Being Conservative Versus Playing Conservative
State Representative Johnny Rye (R) of Trumann posted a thank you to voters for re-electing him to the House of
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Friends with Benefits . . . Financial Benefit
Former Speaker of the House, Jeremy Gillam, received loans from several state Representatives. The loans from 2016 went unreported until
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Can the legislature police itself?
In the wake of multiple scandals involving state legislators, Senator Jim Hendren proposed and passed revisions to the Arkansas Senate’s Code
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