Two personal bankruptcies and multiple fines over the years for violating finance disclosure requirements in nearly every election he's ever run make Maumelle Republican Mark Lowery a unique candidate for the state's top financial office.
Since yesterday, Matt Campbell has been hammering state Democratic Party chair Michael John Gray on his Blue Hog Report for what he calls "leadership failures," including mistakes on party finance reports, Gray's campaign finance reports, deficits, employee payments and other criticisms that fall on the salacious side.
Blue Hog Report has asked the state Ethics Commission to review his finding that the Asa Hutchinson for governor campaign reported excessive contributions from one donor.
News today in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette illustrates one of the reasons there's so much government corruption in Arkansas — there's little consequence for law violations.
Senate leaders today revealed ideas on ethics rules for the chamber in light of recent revelations about rampant corruption in the Arkansas legislature.
Add lame-duck Sen. Linda Collins-Smith to the list of legislators (now four) that have called for Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson's resignation. And the Democratic gubernatorial candidate calls for more from the senator's uncle, Gov. Asa Hutchinson.