Sanders re-emphasizes education and public safety in State of the State address • Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders used Wednesday’s “State of the State” address to tout her ongoing policy priorities, primarily education and law enforcement, and urge state lawmakers to pass her proposed state budget. “Send me a budget that funds critical services for Arkansans while slowing the growth of government and I will sign it,” Sanders […]
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Arkansas Senate passes tax cuts bill
AND EMMA – A TAX BILL PASSED IN THE SENATE TODAY? SENATE BILL 8 PASSED IN THE SENATE THIS MORNING…IT PASSED OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS AFTERNOON – AND WILL HEAD TO THE FULL HOUSE FOR A VOTE TOMORROW MORNING. THE BILL CALLS FOR TAX CUTS FOR CORPORATE AND PERSONAL INCOME TAXES – AND A […]
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Arkansas lawmakers eyeing some tax cuts in special session
Arkansas lawmakers eyeing tax cuts in special session Updated: 2:51 PM CDT Sep 11, 2023 Arkansas lawmakers will meet Monday morning in a special session on tax cuts, new restrictions on access to public records, and a ban on certain vaccine mandates.Follow this link to read the bill, HB1007.Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has put […]
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Fiscal conservatism doesn’t always mean tax cuts | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Credit one veteran conservative Republican legislator for understanding what real fiscal responsibility means. Chris Pringle, just elected speaker pro tem of the Alabama House of Representatives, offered a word of warning to fellow lawmakers besotted with large but temporary state government surpluses. Rather than rush into tax cuts or find excuses to spend money, Pringle […]
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State Sen. Orr predicts both tax cuts, rebate — ‘So much depends on where we are with the economy in March’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Lawmakers have been mixed in their public comments about what to do with a $2 billion budget surplus. Some have suggested a tax rebate, backed by Gov. Kay Ivey earlier this year. Others have suggested putting the surplus funds in a reserve account. Only a handful of lawmakers have publicly backed a permanent tax cut. […]
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Arkansas special session focuses on tax cuts and school safety bill
Day one of the special legislative session began with a discussion on Senate Bill 2. It would set aside $50 million from the state’s $1.6 billion surplus to create a grant program by which schools across Arkansas could access funds to improve school safety. But what those safety measures could look like was cause for […]
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