Joe Jett

Vogelpohl is the president and CEO at MHP/Team SI of Little Rock. read more >

The firm aims to help clients navigate policies, laws and regulations that affect businesses in Arkansas and Washington, D.C. read more >

If Arkansas politicians succeed in a push to abolish the state personal income tax, partly to avoid losing ultra-wealthy residents, the state must reckon with what it will give up: $3 billion a year in revenue. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law legislation that forgives taxes on unemployment benefits paid to Arkansans in 2020 and 2021. read more >

The Arkansas General Assembly is expected to pass legislation to forgive taxes on unemployment benefits paid to Arkansans in 2020 and 2021, in part because unemployment scams ran rampant. read more >

Rep. Joe Jett also plans to propose tax forgiveness for pandemic unemployment benefits and a new Tax Fairness Commission to hear state tax disputes. read more >

Although no state law appears to forbid lawmakers from lending money to each other, taxpayers should not have to worry whether legislators have leverage over or obligations to each other that might influence their votes. read more >

The toughest job for a task force looking at an overhaul of Arkansas' tax code will be resisting pressure from a list of lobbying groups hoping to protect exemption. read more >

With tax-cut-happy Republicans growing ranks in the Legislature and Democrats angling for leverage on a key House committee, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is likely to experience more push-back on his tax cut plan. read more >

State Auditor Andrea Lea agreed to pay inexperienced out-of-state attorneys a fee nearly twice as high as other states have committed to pay in a pursuit of unredeemed U.S. Treasury bonds. read more >