State Department Heads Receive Massive Raises — But Who Authorized Them?
During this year’s legislative session, state employees were awarded a 2% cost-of-living raise. However, State Senator Alan Clark has discovered
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Taxpayers Spent $166K+ To Defend Bill Walker
When I first joined The Arkansas Project (back in the good old days when Arkansas Republicans opposed Obamacare implementation and
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The Top 10 Stories of 2012
Well, it’s New Year’s Eve so everyone’s doing those “year in review” type things, and we just can’t resist the
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Governor Beebe Speaks Out on Deaf Scandal
Governor Beebe has finally made some public comments about our friend Bill Walker and his hiring of an unqualified sign
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Lawmakers Deaf to Community Needs at Interpreter Hearing
By now you may have seen the video I posted from yesterday’s Personnel committee meeting. It contained stunning revelations about
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Arkansas journalists are paying lots of attention to the scandal surrounding state Treasurer Martha Shoffner (and rightfully so), but they
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The Anatomy of Corruption, Bill Walker Style
I reported on July 18th that the Legislative Council’s Personnel Services committee was reviewing the hiring of Miss Clara Taylor–a
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Arkansas Roundup, August 31
Here’s a look at the news from around the Natural State this week: Deaf are heard: State Career Education director Bill Walker has
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The Concerns of the Deaf Are Finally Heard
Friday news dump by state government! I haven’t been able to find this story anywhere else, so I am taking
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Career Education Department Remains Blind to the Needs of the Deaf
Another government screwup in the Department of Career Education: a state employee has stood up to his superiors, even though
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