LITTLE ROCK — The Texas businessman who wants to put casinos in seven Arkansas counties said Tuesday the timing is right for a ballot proposal to expand gambling in the state.

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The next scheduled litter pickup along Arkansas 127 from Garfield to the Dogwood entrance of Lost Bridge Village is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday.

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When the governor announced yesterday that $9 million remaining in an unspent fund designated for an alternative fuels program should be used for the dairy stabilization fund, folks started coming out of the woodwork to look for crumbs. That alternative fuels fund was transferred in the last session from the Real Estate Transfer Tax [...]

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Rep. Mark Martin’s bill to allow for the open carry of firearms and other weapons failed on a voice vote moments ago in House Judiciary. Prior to the vote, the bill was amended to provide for a minimum age of 21. We’re now taking up Rep. Dismang’s bill to require the reimbursement of attorney’s fees [...]

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Today’s election a dead heat between Dem businessman and GOP State House Minority Leader With Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D) appointment to the U.S. Senate to replace Hillary Clinton, the nation’s only competitive U.S. House race (in the seat she vacated) will be decided today. Democratic newcomer Scott Murphy has taken a slight lead over NY State [...]

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We’re down to 11 bills on the active calendar in House Judiciary. In the other standing “A” committees in the House, 18 bills remain on the active calendar in Revenue & Tax, including a bill to clarify that sales tax is not levied on produce sold at farmers’ markets (fiscal impact is ~$150,000 annually). House [...]

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I checked out at 6:00 and ran over to the Arkansas Cancer Summit late this afternoon, where House Public Health Chairman Gregg Reep gave a legislative update. I still had enough daylight afterwards to put on my cycling gear and hit the River Trail and across the Big Dam Bridge and back before dark. [...]

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The governor signed six bills into law this afternoon, walked out, gave me a fist bump, then found some funds for the dairy program. These funds will allow the legislature to go back and expunge the votes on the milk tax. What a guy. Among the bill signings today include the reduction in the [...]

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Senate Bill 799, the bill to allow for the children of undocumented aliens who graduate from an Arkansas high school to attend Arkansas colleges and universities at an in-state rate, failed on the floor of the Senate with 13 yes votes. The bill needed 18 yeas to clear the Senate. Immediately after the [...]

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Congressman Mike Ross is hosting his second telephone town hall live from his DC office at 7:10 p.m. Arkansas time tonight. He’ll discuss the nation’s current economic situation, the federal investments coming to Arkansas as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and numerous other critical issues facing Arkansans today. It’ll [...]

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