Not all Arkansas Republicans have fallen in line yet on the Arkansas LEARNS voucher bill, but the Koch brothers are trying to change that. There's money to be made in "school choice," you know.
Forehead-smacker of the morning from the Washington Post: It concerns one of the regular meetings of the financial supporters of the Koch political organization.
The Arkansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-funded political organization intent on advancing the interests of wealthy corporations, particularly those that burn fossil fuel, has released a rating of Arkansas legislators based on 13 pieces of legislation. Their A students are our failures.
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin announced today that he'd hired David Ray, who'd been the director of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity's affiliate in Arkansas, as his deputy chief of staff and communications director.
According to Tucker, Arkansas may be the only state in the nation that permits such coordination between candidates and independent groups. However, after the committee heard testimony from a representative of such an independent group, Americans for Prosperity, the bill failed on a voice vote.
Some philosophical differences are at work in the Little Rock Ward 4 race between Capi Peck and Jeff Yates. And word came recently that the Koch organization might have an interest in the race.