Nic Horton with The Arkansas Project has been covering Rep. Nate Bell’s lottery scholarship reform proposal for over a week. Click here to read his interview with Rep. Bell on this issue and here for his interview with Professor Robert Steinbuch at UALR, who seems to generally support an accountability approach like one Bell is proposing.
State Representative Nate Bell (R-Mena) is mulling a proposal that would institute some accountability for students who receive lottery scholarships to attend college. Click here to read a report from KARK-4 on this matter.
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.