Recently, Family Council was pleased to host the Pastors Prayer Assembly at the Arkansas Capitol Building.
The event was joined by ministers and leaders from across the state as well as legislators, Lt. Governor Griffin, and Governor Hutchinson.
Below are pictures from the Pastors Prayer Assembly. If you would like to join us for similar events in the future, please call our office at (501) 375-7000.
We have written many times about 40 Days for Life. This is an excellent opportunity for Christians to gather outside abortion clinics to pray abortion will end.
Beginning next week, prayer vigils will commence outside abortion clinics nationwide, and the vigils will continue until Easter.
If you live in the Northwest Arkansas area, you can join local pro-life advocates participating in 40 Days for Life. Click here to learn more.
There will also be a 40 Days for Life kickoff rally in Fayetteville next week.
If you live in or around Fayetteville, I hope you will take part in this wonderful effort to end abortion through prayer and the power of God.
We have written over and over again about how the Arkansas Lottery continues to reach new lows in funding for scholarships. This week the lottery released its figures for January.
The report shows that the Arkansas Lottery took in almost $35.5 million in January and paid out almost $7.3 million for scholarships. That comes to about 20.6% of gross revenue.
However, in looking at the report, it appears the only way the Arkansas Lottery was able to come up with $7.3 million for scholarships was by pulling $1.6 million out of reserve. According to its financial statements, the Lottery had roughly $5.7 million in net proceeds for scholarships at the end of the month–which is roughly on par with what it has set aside for scholarships the past few months; by pulling an additional $1.6 million from its reserves, the Arkansas Lottery was able to pay out a little more for scholarships.
| Month | Gross Lottery Revenue | Paid to Scholarships | % Gross Revenue |
| July | $30,925,067.43 | $5,928,447.99 | 19.2% |
| August | 31,571,412.10 | 5,296,965.80 | 16.8% |
| September | 30,710,493.31 | 4,317,227.10 | 14.1% |
| October | 32,959,739.29 | 5,939,625.59 | 18.0% |
| November | 30,617,278.28 | 5,577,035.16 | 18.2% |
| December | 34,507,731.54 | 5,474,318.77 | 15.9% |
| January, 2015 | 35,433,619.67 | 7,287,773.28 | 20.6% |
| Total | $226,725,341.62 | $39,821,393.69 | 17.6% |
Setting aside almost twenty-one cents for scholarships from every dollar the Lottery made in January is nothing to brag about–Louisiana sets aside 35% by law–but it’s an improvement over the some of the figures we have seen since last summer, and it’s almost as good as some of the numbers we have seen from the Lottery in years past.