Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
Honorable Legislators, Senator Scott Flippo, the sponsor of SB7 and co-sponsor of HB1003, the identical bills to amend the AR Freedom of Information Act, is my state senator. I respectfully request a few moments...
Faulkner County’s Quorum Court Committees are kicking into gear for the 2024 budget cycle, with about $300,000 in proposed salary hikes on September agendas. There’s also a proposal for an election to allow the...
Why the Furor!? I’ve spent most of my life involved in politics in one form or another. I’ve run campaigns, ran for office, supported candidates, and been a Republican for over 50 years. I’m...
County Sheriff Tim Ryals reports he’s been working with County Judge Allen Dodson and County Attorney Phil Murphy on plans to build a new Unit 1 county jail (for violent offenders) behind the existing...
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has created the Arkansas Cyber Response Board, mandated by Act 846 (HB1780) sponsored by State Rep. Stephen Meeks (R, Dist. 42), with three appointments: Jordan Powell, Sanders’ Director of Public...
While various rural areas around Arkansas seem to have been invaded by cryptomining sites that are criticized for their massive power consumption, you may not have noticed the other side of the coin. Two...
Most politically aware observers would agree that Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a conservative Republican, even a hard-right sort of governor. So, when the Faulkner County Republican-super-majority Quorum Court lost one of its key...
It was only five years ago that Conway feared a major flood event with the potential to submerge the south and west part of town. The Arkansas River was flooding and eventually caused $3...
