Arkansas Legislative Process/ Historical

In recent news – the Bureau of Legislative Research (BLR) hired outside legal counsel to handle requests from federal investigators for  documents of members of the [...]

Shell bills – Don’t be fooled again by David Ferguson There is a confusing legislative device called a “shell bill”. Shell bills frequently fool not only the public [...]

I had the pleasure of working for the Arkansas General Assembly for almost thirty-two years and worked for many good legislators.  Some were conservative and some were [...]

Does Act 746 of 2013 allow carrying a concealed handgun without a license? By David Ferguson Senator Terry Rice, Senator Linda Collins Smith, and Representative Marcus [...]

States in the northeast United States are supposed to be liberal and Arkansas is supposed to be conservative.  For example, the state of Vermont elected socialist US Senator [...]

When the Governor is away – Saying goodbye to a history of shenanigans by David Ferguson I don’t have much good to say about the Constitutional Amendments [...]

PART 2 – How the Dr. King & Lee holidays ended up on the same day. Guest article by David Ferguson This is Part 2 on how Arkansas made the third Monday in January a [...]

Dr Martin Luther King Jr./ Robert E. Lee Day – How did we get in this mess? Part 1 of 2 Arkansas has a holiday on the third Monday in January to observe the birthdays of [...]

Despite defection, AR House Democrats can still block tax reform in committee Guest article by David Ferguson Representative Joe Jett of Success switched to the Republican [...]

“PARTY ON!” or “Drain the Swamp!” What you need to know about the Arkansas House of Representative orientation The Arkansas House of Representatives spends a week on [...]