Arkansas’s fiscal came and went — it was short and focused. All lawmakers had to do was show up, vote on the budget, and go home. Unless you’re Brandon Achor. We played a game while watching the House floor: Where’s Achor? He’s was absent for most of the session, missing...
The state is officially workshopping five different ways to put a “monument to the unborn” on the Capitol lawn, and the submissions are… something. Here’s the run down of submissions thus far: • a giant empty tomb with engraved fetuses• a bronze fertilized egg, sized for “legibility”• an AI-generate picture...
State Rep. Kendon Underwood, a republican from Cave Springs, tried to make a mountain out of a molehill when he falsely claimed that Fayetteville was operating as a sanctuary city in violation of state law. The horror! A city daring to prioritize public safety over political theater! Rep. Underwood’s district...
In a bold display of fiscal bravery, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has taken decisive action to shield new Arkansas mothers from the existential threat of too much postpartum care. “Arkansas moms don’t need a whole year of Medicaid coverage,” the governor’s office declared in a press release. “Two months is...
Governor Sarah Sanders is working hard to make Arkansas a state where local cops can moonlight as ICE agents in their free time. That’s right! More overworked law enforcement officers doubling as immigration enforcers. What could go wrong? The Arkansas GOP has outdone itself once again, pushing a bill that...
In a courageous move to protect Arkansans from the perils of self-governance, this month lawmakers introduced a groundbreaking slate of anti-democracy bills designed to ensure that regular citizens have absolutely no say in their own laws. “We looked around and saw a dangerous trend: people thinking they had the right...
Representative Mary Bentley has announced a new amendment to her infamous “Baby Olivia” bill, the legislation requiring Arkansas students to watch an anti-abortion animated video of a fetus growing in the womb. The new amendment takes the bill to the next level by swapping out the fictional “Baby Olivia” with...
At the kick off of the legislative session, Sarah Sanders’ State of the State address doubled as a fan letter to Trump and a culture war greatest hits album. Arkansas, she proudly declared, is the “vanguard of a national conservative revolution.” A bold proclamation, and in no way true, not...
Passing more tax cuts for the rich in Arkansas is like taking candy from a baby. Except the baby is just regular people trying to make ends meet. Gov. Sanders once again dolled out tax cuts for the third time in 15 months. The most recent batch of cuts reduces...
Yes, dear voters, the legislative body is hard at work, not on solving any of the state’s problems, but on reminding you—through legally toothless resolutions—which issues you should and should not support. During the special session to help the poor rich folk get richer, Representative Ryan Rose presented a dazzling...