New Bill for Working Families

A bill for the Working Families Opportunity Act (WFOA) was filed last week and, if passed, it would be the first of its kind in Arkansas and a huge step […]

AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 6

We’ve been sending out weekly legislative updates. You can subscribe to those here. Here’s a rundown of some of the major movements in the state legislature this week. See below […]

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

The health and education of Arkansas children are at risk because of a new bill that would redirect billions of future state general revenue dollars that typically funds programs for […]

AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 5

With the Private Option and the Governor’s tax cut package out of the way, the legislature is moving on to other business. It was a busy week at the Capitol. […]

AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 4

HEALTH: The Private Option reauthorization overcame its final hurdle yesterday. After passing the Senate last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives approved continuing the Private Option by a wide […]

Wonky Word Wednesday: Consumer Price Index

Have you ever wondered how budget makers and policy wonks are able to come up with how much money it takes to pay for something? A key part of understanding the […]

January revenue up, above expectations

January net general revenues are up because of higher than expected gains in all major tax categories such as sales tax and income tax. Revenue from January was higher than this […]

AACF Weekly Legislative Update Vol. 3

HEALTH: This week, Gov. Hutchinson’s plan to continue the Private Option through 2016 passed in the Senate. This bill will also create a legislative task force to make recommendations about […]

Corporate loopholes are costing Arkansas

Arkansas is losing millions in state corporate income taxes every year because of holes in our corporate tax laws. In particular, we lack a “combined reporting” law that would help […]