Issue 1

Vote yes on Issue 1 to provide scholarships and grants to Arkansans in vocational technical schools. read more >

The Arkansas Supreme Court may have handed the Arkansas Department of Transportation a loss in October, but the agency isn’t licking any wounds. read more >

Keeping northwest Arkansas’ infrastructure projects funded is crucial to the area’s continued growth. That was the familiar refrain heard at the Northwest Arkansas Council’s annual meeting Wednesday. read more >

A constitutional amendment to make a half-cent sales tax permanent goes before Arkansas voters on Nov. 3. Those in favor of the amendment, which would dedicate the tax revenue to the state highway fund, are already out beating the bushes to drum up support. read more >

Neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch botched 33 of the 37 spinal surgeries he performed in Dallas in just a year and a half. Texas tort reform may have prevented the public learning more about his butchery. read more >

A jackpot justice system not only causes harm to our economy by impacting business recruitment and retention, but also limits access to quality medical care and allows consumers to be taken advantage of by lawyers promising a big payday. read more >

Known as Issue 1 on the ballot, this proposed amendment to our state’s Constitution places an arbitrary, one-size-fits-all cap on the damages a jury can award when there has been a loss of life or a limb or some other tragedy. read more >

With less than five months before the November vote on capping attorney’s fees and damages, groups for and against tort reform in Arkansas are making their case with money. read more >

The power, and danger, of Issue 1 is in the third provision which shifts the courts’ rule-making authority from the Arkansas Supreme Court to the Arkansas General Assembly. read more >