Arkansas Lawmakers Pass Tax Cut Package, Adjourn Session
The package includes a nonrefundable $150 tax credit for individuals making up to $87,000 a year. read more >
The package includes a nonrefundable $150 tax credit for individuals making up to $87,000 a year. read more >
The cuts include accelerating reductions in individual and corporate income taxes that the majority-Republican Legislature approved last year. read more >
The tax cut plan has raised questions about whether it could jeopardize some of the state's federal COVID-19 aid. read more >
The term-limited governor says his focus is on broadband access, jobs and a "hopefully quick" special session on tax cuts. read more >
Critics argued that the cuts are skewed toward the wealthy and that the money would be better spent elsewhere. read more >
The proposal calls for cutting Arkansas' top individual income tax rate from 5.9% to 4.9%. read more >
The primary focus will be on a tax cut package that calls for reducing the state's top income tax rate from 5.9% to 4.9% read more >
The measures lawmakers are taking up this week to avert a looming increase in teacher health insurance premiums and ease an influx of state inmates crowding local jails won't completely solve either problem. read more >
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says next week's special legislative session will also include a proposal to prohibit the lottery from adding monitor games such as keno. read more >
