OPENTHEBOOKS: SALARIES TOTAL $38.9 MILLION IN SIX ‘LOW-PERFORMING’ EAST ARKANSAS DISTRICTS
“School Improvement Coordinator Ms. Tiah Frazier said there were 28 districts with transitional support plans.” Minutes, State Board...
GOV. HUTCHINSON PROPOSES INCOME TAX CUT; EFFICIENCIES TO PAY FOR REDUCTION
“Scarce resources can be allocated toward fiscal goals … when government does more with less.” Policy Foundation, Arkansas...
ARKANSAS HAS SECOND HIGHEST CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE IN REGION
“State corporate income taxes represent a type of “double taxation”, wherein corporate profits are taxed at...
PULASKI COUNTY SCHOOL CHOICE MARKET NEARS 19,000 STUDENTS
(January 2018) Records show the school choice market in Pulaski County totaled nearly 19,000 K-12 students...
ARKANSAS SCHOOL CHOICE MARKET NEARS 80,000 STUDENTS
“The most callused aspect of the current education monopoly in Arkansas is that it willingly and...
Arkansas Employment Growth Trails National Average
“There is significant evidence that reductions in marginal state tax rates encourage state economic growth …Rates...
EFFICIENCY PROJECT DELIVERS RESULTS: STATE RECEIVABLES DECLINE $22.1 MILLION
“(A) stronger FOIA has the potential to save Arkansas taxpayers millions of dollars … Records we...
ARKANSAS HAS SECOND HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE IN REGION
(December 2017) Arkansas’ top income tax rate (6.9%)1 is the second-highest in the 12-state southeast region,2 trailing only...
Arkansas School Choice And Finance In The 21st Century (Oct. 17 Forum)
(October 2017) The Arkansas Policy Foundation and Reason Foundation cordially invite you to a panel...
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ADVANCES PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY
“Define and implement a system of performance-based pay for all state employees.” Murphy Commission, “Making Arkansas’ State...
