House Republicans in the Arkansas Legislature today torpedoed a contract that would have helped 30% of state employees navigate the complex Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, saying that state employees had just been given a raise.
This is the kind of hypocrisy we need cut out of our government--fighting tooth and nail to irresponsibly spend $825m during session, then railing against overspending when attention fades. We need a legislature that is committed to doing its job of regulating the state's purse…
Locals are still pushing hard against the Franklin County Prison boondoggle, and so are we.
Around 42k students applied for vouchers via LEARNS for next year; at $7k/student, that's about $300 million.
Our surplus is shrinking drastically. There's no money for this prison.
The levels of absurdity and negligence are out of control. In what other world can you ignore your financier and plunge into an $825m project with less than 10% funding?
Only in government.
Chicken farm very near the prison site drilled 4 250 ft. wells. All dry. Water utility said no water for farm. Now they pray for rain. But sure—let’s build a MEGA prison!
Millions being committed. No water secured.
But for too long, many of our state politicians have been operating in the shadows, prioritizing interests of the wealthy and powerful over interests of the people. They put partisanship and deep-pocket campaign donors ahead of us, the voters.
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