The U.S. Senate narrowly voted this afternoon to proceed on reforming America’s health care system. Senators voted 50-50 on a procedural “motion to proceed” to begin debate on alternative options … [Read More...]
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No, Arkansans Don’t Suddenly Love Obamacare
Does Arkansas suddenly love Obamacare? If you believe a Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College poll released yesterday, Arkansans don’t support Republican attempts to reform either Obamacare … [Read More...]
Pointless Legislative Gossip
This is almost certainly the most pointless and trivial post ever to be placed on the Arkansas Project – but it demonstrates that, if you’re willing to spend some time on Facebook, you’ll get some … [Read More...]
Arkansas Ranks 20th In State Fiscal Health
Arkansas ranks twentieth in state fiscal health--up eight spots since 2016--according to a recent report from the Mercatus Center. From the report: On the basis of its solvency in five separate … [Read More...]
How Much Is A Stomach Ache Worth?
What is the best way to deter medical mistakes? Does our legal system do enough to deter these mistakes from happening? Those are questions I was pondering as I read a recent op-ed in the New York … [Read More...]
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Arkansas Ranks 20th In State Fiscal Health
Arkansas ranks twentieth in state fiscal health–up eight spots since 2016–according to a recent report from the Mercatus Center.
Task Force Delays Consultant Selection One Month
Earlier today, the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force voted for a one-month delay on any decision to hire consultants to help analyze Arkansas’s tax code.
Arkansas Improves Slightly — Now We Just Have The Third Highest Sales Tax In the Nation!
Long-time readers of this blog have probably tired of me writing about Arkansas year after year having the second highest sales tax in the nation.
Arkansas Officials Cheer EPA’s WOTUS Repeal
Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, announced yesterday that he was rescinding the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule created under President Obama.
