Campus carry bill passes Senate committee
A bill that would force Arkansas public universities and colleges to allow staff members to carry concealed handguns advanced from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote.
Rival tax relief plans clear House committee
Both Governor Hutchinson’s tax cut for low-income earners and an alternative low-income tax relief bill calling for an Earned Income Tax Credit advanced on a voice vote in the House Revenue and Tax committee Thursday at the state Capitol. Both…
Tax task force brings some around
Several state legislators who had been critical of Governor Hutchinson’s $50 million tax cut for Arkansas’s lowest earners now say they will support the plan.
Alternative bill to help low-income workers filed
Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) has filed alternative legislation to Governor Hutchinson’s proposed $50 million tax cut on Arkansans who earn less than $21,000. The Working Families Opportunity Act would establish a state Earned Income Tax Credit.