Independent expenditures in political races are on the rise and that doesn't even count other 'dark money' spending that falls outside state disclosure rules. Ethics reform is needed in Arkansas and there's news here of what's afoot for 2016.
Southern Progress, an organization aimed at bolstering Democrats in the South, yesterday highlighted what appear to be legal problems with an advertisement from the Republican Attorney Generals Association for Leslie Rutledge, the state's Republican nominee for AG.
A decision today by the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals indicates a willingness to stymie Minnesota's effort to overcome some of the ill effects of the Citizens United ruling that gave corporations personhood to engage in unlimited political spending.