Attention, Jonesboro Voters: VOTE NO on the proposed 1% Sales Tax increase Tuesday, September 10, 2019, Jonesboro will hold an expensive special election (borne by the taxpayer) on a proposed 1% sales tax increase. If you are opposed, be sure you go out and vote early on Monday, Sept. 9, or vote on Tuesday, but please remember to vote! This absurd Quality of […]
If you had to choose, would you rather have your child lose a permanent tooth or 4.5 points from their IQ? Obviously, no parent would want either, but if you faced that kind of rock-and-a-hard place choice for your child, what would you pick? My guess is most parents would say that enhancing and protecting their […]
Secure Arkansas continues the unfortunate saga on the toxic Class 1 (hazardous waste site) NABORS Landfill fiasco and the “service fee” (trash tax) that has been illegally forced onto the taxpayers’ real estate taxes in Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton, and Searcy Counties… BUT FOR WHICH NO SERVICES were provided or made available! In this article, we […]
Secure Arkansas is sending out one last article before HB 1684 — the bad bill that confers in-state tuition to undocumented students — hits the House floor on the last day of session, Friday morning, 4/05/2019. We thought it was important to keep our reading audience updated. We believe there is a shred of hope that the […]
Looks like the Arkansas legislature has decided to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented students (so called “nontraditional documented”), regardless of their legal status! HB 1684 has been re-referred as amended by the Senate back to the House Education Committee for 4/4/2019. Here is the agenda set for the Education Committee in the House tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. […]