For “Fiscal” Session, Lot of Non-Budget Items Filed

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Four years ago, Arkansans approved a ballot issue authorizing the Arkansas Legislature to meet every year instead of every other year.

The idea was that lawmakers would use sessions during odd-number years to pass legislation and outline fiscal policy, and meet during the even-number years (like this year) to focus exclusively on the state’s budget and make fiscal appropriations. The past two years, that has worked just fine. This year, however, things are a little different.

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Arkansas Senate: 2011 Legislative Session Guide

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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.

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Senator Tells Citizen to Take His Shirt Off

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Anyone who thinks politics is dry and boring needs to come to more committee meetings at the Arkansas Capitol Building.

After yesterday, the idea that some elected officials won’t be content until they have “the shirt off your back,” has a whole new meaning—all thanks to Senator Terry Smith of Hot Springs.

Senator Smith is on the Legislative Oversight Committee for the Arkansas Lottery, and made quite a scene at yesterday’s meeting when he actually demanded that a young man who came to testify before the committee remove his shirt.

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