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January 24, 20219:20 am Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s use of public money to provide plump featherbeds for Republican insiders. As we’d reported previously, former GOP Party Chair Doyle Webb got the biggest public teat — $150,000 a year as “staff director” of Rutledge’s one-third share of the board that oversees legislative apportionment. Former Republican legislators Andy Davis and Doug House are suckling on the state nozzle at $6,666 a month to work on the same project. Ad...

The Arkansas rich get richer, 2021 edition The Arkansas rich get richer, 2021 edition January 1, 20218:57 am WHO BENEFITS: This charts how Governor Hutchinson’s two-year tax cut broke down in benefits by income category. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today noted in detail the coming of yet another income tax cut for the wealthy of Arkansas in 2021. Advertisement The top marginal rate, imposed on all income over a measly $8,000 or so, will drop from 6.6 to 5.9 percent, an income tax cut of be...

Friction at the Arkansas Lottery: A firing and hushup of a $2 million winner ERIC HAGLER Persistent reports about unhappiness in the ranks about new Arkansas Lottery director Eric Hagler burst into the open yesterday. Advertisement ERIC HAGLER: Making news at the Arkansas Lottery. I learned Friday about a disagreement over his decision not to release to the public the names of winners of $2 million in a Powerball drawing in September. And today, Michael Wickline of th...