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The Central Arkansas Library System's campaign for a Little Rock property-tax increase will "go live" after the Sept. 14 Little Rock sales-tax referendum has concluded, according to comments made during a library system board meeting Thursday.
Controversial topics drowned out the typical bread-and-butter business of the legislative session, and that played out in public opinion. A new Talk
A protracted pandemic, a contentious legislative session, and a contrarian stance against Trumpism may have taken a toll on Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s job approval rating with Arkansas voters. But that’s a far cry from last October when voters’ opinions gave him a 69-23% rating. Nearly a year ago, Hutchinson boasted a 62-19% job approval rating during the height of social protests and a spike in coronavirus cases. Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Gov. Asa Hutchinson is doing? 52% Approve 12.5% Don’t Know “I don’t think the governor will lose sleep over these numbers. There ar...
30% Approve 31.5% Don’t Know “These results mostly follow trends we’ve seen before,” said Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics editor-in-chief. “In recent years, statewide and national Democrats have been upside down in their approval ratings, and Sen. Boozman, a long-serving Republican officeholder, has traditionally been a mixed bag of undecided opinions. It’s unique to him. We’ll have to see if this election cycle is different.” Biden lost Arkansas in the November 2020 election by a 62-35% margin. In previous polling, Boozman, who is seeking a third six-year term in 2022, h...
A new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College poll of 535 Arkansas voters shows Biden and Boozman with negative job approvals, although Boozman has a large undecided block on his performance.