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'Americans for Prosperity'

We crashed a LEARNS town hall, and it was exactly what we expected

Unsurprisingly, the RSVP-only event was a pep rally for Sanders, Oliva and their LEARNS legislation. 
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Ultra-conservative Americans for Prosperity group turns up the heat on anti-voucher Republicans

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.
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Lots of talking points, little detail from Governor Sanders at school choice rally

"This is not about school choice. It's about parental choice," Governor Sanders said Thursday as she rallied support for a pending education proposal.

Dark money at work to oust a couple of the remaining Democrats in the Arkansas House

You can follow Koch money only so far. True transparency prevented.
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Opposition formed to highway tax increase. Just say no to the legislature.

The highway tax increase will have opposition

Koch organization laments political divisiveness

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.
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Koch billions fight mass transit, including in Little Rock

The New York Times today reports on national efforts, including in Little Rock, by the Koch billionaires to kill tax support for public transit.

A legislative rating where F equals A

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.
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Lt. Gov. Griffin adds Koch group operative to staff

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.

Committee rejects bill to close 'coordination' loophole in campaign finance

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.
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The myth about Arkansas's 'high-tax' status

The Arkansas legislature is being dished some propaganda on tax rates this morning. It's baloney, as Ernest Dumas has illustrated a number of times.

Philosophical differences in LR Ward 4 race between Peck, Yates

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.
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