This past week, a Mississippi newspaper posed the question, “Would a lottery be good or bad for our state?”
Mississippi is one of the few states who do not have a state-run lottery. As a result, some are asking whether or not they would benefit from legalizing one just like Arkansas did in 2008. Well, allow us to answer the question: No. Here’s why.
This Wednesday, April 18, the Arkansas Voter’s Guide for the May 22 primary election will be available! You’ll be able to find it online at ArkansasVotersGuide.com and, if you’d like, you can order a free print version by calling us at 501-375-7000.
Also, have you checked out the Arkansas Voter’s Guide app for Android phones yet? Scan the code below to download it with your Android phone. Next election, we hope to have an app for iPhone users.
As previously reported, two out of five students receiving lottery-funded scholarships lost the scholarship after one year. A demographics study has been conducted to dig further into the details, and it found some items worth mentioning. In short, the report finds that low-income, non-white males were the demographic most likely to lose their scholarships after their first year of college. Click here to read a story about this report from John Lyon of Arkansas News.