Dynamic Analysis of State Severance Tax Hike
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Community Corrections Needs Independent Performance Review
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When Will The Recession End?
Summary: U.S. payroll employment or industrial production growth for one quarter will suggest the recession...
Physician: Prevention, Team Approach Key To Medical Care Access In Rural Arkansas
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Failing District In Foundation Survey Among Four Arkansas Districts That Face Restructuring
“The General Assembly should enact legislation which restructures … Arkansas’ existing 311 school districts into...
Ex-St. Louis Fed Chief Criticizes Bank Bailouts, Sees Long-Term Inflation
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Democratic State Sen. Mike Beebe’s Performance-Based Budgeting Pilot Program 1999
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Blue Print For Hard Times
Government, in order to be lean and effective, needs to be infused with market forces; less...
