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Arkansas House Passes Bill to Protect Fairness in Women’s Sports

Mar 22, 2021Jerry CoxLGBTArkansas Legislature, LGBT

*Rep. Barker presents S.B. 354 to the House of Representatives.*

On Monday the Arkansas House of Representatives passed S.B. 354 by a vote of 75 to 18.

This good bill by Sen. Missy Irvin (R – Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R – Smackover) preserves fairness in girls’ athletics at school.

S.B. 354 will protect girls from being forced to compete against biological males in girls’ athletics.

Letting biological males who identify as female compete against girls can rob female student athletes of opportunities for scholarships. In some sports, it can even be dangerous.

S.B. 354 helps protect fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

The bill now goes to Gov. Hutchinson to become law.

Two Bad Bills on House Public Health Committee Agenda

Mar 22, 2021Jerry CoxLifeLife

The House Public Health Committee has two bad bills on its agenda for Tuesday, March 23: H.B. 1685 and H.B. 1686.

These bad bills by Rep. Michelle Gray (R – Melbourne) and Sen. Breanne Davis (R – Russellville) amend the Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act and the Arkansas Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act.

The Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act and the Arkansas Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act govern how Arkansans and their family members make decisions about end-of-life care.

Under H.B. 1685 and H.B. 1686, patients and families might not work directly with physicians when making end-of-life decisions and choices about life-sustaining care.

That could undermine how we treat nursing home residents, the elderly, and the terminally ill.

Arkansas has excellent laws protecting people near the end of life. We don’t need to do anything that might weaken those good laws.

Read H.B 1685 Here.

Read H.B 168 6 Here.

Arkansas Lottery Continues Spending Most of Its Money on Prizes

Mar 19, 2021Jerry CoxArkansas LotteryArkansas Lottery

The Arkansas Lottery currently budgets 69% of its revenue for prizes, according to its latest monthly financial report.

The report indicates that about 16% of the Lottery’s revenue goes to college scholarships.

The Arkansas Lottery spends most of the money it makes on prizes for lottery players.

For perspective, the typical state lottery budgets approximately 30% of its revenue for education and about 60% for prizes.

Arkansas’ state-run lottery spends a larger portion of its revenue on prizes than the vast majority of state lotteries.

Below is a breakdown of Lottery revenue and prize spending for Fiscal Year 2021.

Scholarship Spending

Month	Gross Lottery Revenue	Paid to Scholarships	% Gross Revenue
July	$49,780,369.99	$8,592,573.93	17.3%
August	49,672,105.04	7,862,917.44	15.8%
September	47,501,224.72	7,691,576.99	16.2%
October	42,615,839.96	8,447,337.00	19.8%
November	43,115,514.84	8,207,598.88	19.0%
December	50,329,644.30	5,970,922.53	11.9%
January, 2021	62,994,737.27	10,913,192.32	17.3%
February	42,099,444.22	5,592,370.95	13.3%
Total	$388,108,880.34	$63,278,490.04	16.3%

Prize Spending

Month	Gross Lottery Revenue	Total Prizes	% Going to Prizes
July	$49,780,369.99	$35,641,717.48	71.6%
August	49,672,105.04	35,023,856.83	70.5%
September	47,501,224.72	33,422,556.14	70.4%
October	42,615,839.96	29,995,072.50	70.4%
November	43,115,514.84	30,548,473.72	70.9%
December	50,329,644.30	33,661,170.75	66.9%
January, 2021	62,994,737.27	41,745,065.17	66.3%
February	42,099,444.22	27,955,512.19	66.4%
Total	$388,108,880.34	$267,993,424.78	69.1%