Arkansas Legislative Council delays funds transfer to 3 groups after lawmaker says wife advised them on fundraising
The Legislative Council on Thursday delayed action on requests by Gov. Asa Hutchinson's administration to transfer $5 million in state restricted reserve funds to the Arkansas National Guard Foundation and $750,000 in state rainy-day funds to support the World Services for the Blind, and to grant spending authority to allow the attorney general to donate $250,000 in lawsuit settlement proceeds to the Sultana Historical Preservation Society.