As Arkansas’ next legislative session approaches, we want citizens to become familiar with the legislators whose decisions will impact you—for better or worse—when they start meeting in January. That’s why we’ve created a guide with all 35 of our state senators, complete with their pictures, party affiliation (denoted by blue for Democrat and red for Republican) and district number. You can download it by clicking here.
Last week an audit of the Arkansas Lottery found a number of deficiencies in the Arkansas Lottery’s operation. Many of these deficiencies probably could have been avoided had the enabling legislation that gave us a lottery been written more clearly.
The following story, “Auditors flag lottery execs’ travel claims,” was written by Michael Wickline and published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Front Section, Pages 1 on 11/13/2010
Arkansas’ lottery failed to follow state travel rules and regulations for reimbursements for several employees, including its director, and failed to seek a legislative committee’s review for certain contract matters, a state auditor told lawmakers Friday.