Beebe’s School Funding Plan Derailed
Last week, we warned you about a deal that was going on behind the scenes: Governor Beebe was using the
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Gov. Mike Beebe
Beebe Decides He’s OK With Wasting Tax Dollars On Special Sessions
Throughout this year’s legislative session, many lawmakers called for a special session to deal with the issue of Medicaid expansion.
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Saving Medicaid: Sensible, Free-Market Based Reforms for Arkansas
I was shocked to hear Governor Beebe in his “state of the state” address a few weeks ago that expanding
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Burris on Arkansas Budget Battle: ‘They Don’t Like What We’re Doing Because It’s Effective’
Rep. John Burris, the Republican minority leader in the Arkansas House of Representatives, spoke to a meeting of the Central
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Governor, Agencies Say Trivial Budget Cuts Would Be Devastating, Which Was Entirely Predictable!
You guys, this Arkansas budget debate! What a mess! Let’s see: House Minority Leader John Burris proposes cutting a handful
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Report: Arkansas 6th In Nation for State, Local Sales Tax Rates
Our friends at the Tax Foundation are out with updated rankings on combined state and local sales tax rates, and
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Beebe Keeps Pushing Dubious Education Ranking—And He Should Stop!
Recently we cast a questioning glance at the claim peddled by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe that the state’s K-12 education
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More Budget Scrutiny for State Agencies? Why, Yes, Let’s Have Some of That!
Erroneous headline alert! Erroneous headline alert! A story over at the Arkansas News Bureau reports that “After Forestry Commission flap, state
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Arkansas Dems on Income: Intentionally Misleading or Just Ignorant of the Facts? (PART 2: The Exciting Conclusion!)
(Part One of this discussion, which you can read here, took place yesterday. Part Two will be shorter, I promise)
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Now Let’s Shed A Tear For The Arkansas Health Insurance Exchange! But Not Really (Update!)
And it came to pass that there would be no state-run Obamacare health insurance exchange in Arkansas, and there was
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