A good backgrounder in the Wall Street Journal on the coalition pushing in Arkansas and other states for legislation to force collection of sales taxes by Internet merchants such as Amazon.
Arkansas is not the first or only state where legislation has been introduced to force on-line retailers to collect the sales tax owed on Internet purchases.
Legislative leaders and Gov. Mike Beebe are meeting with reporters today. I'm hoping to go live with the Beebe session at 12:30 p.m., via Gerard's JustinTV link.
John Brummett analyzes the coming legislative session, when the newly enlarged Republican contingent plans to introduce tax cuts of every description and Gov. Mike Beebe will resist on account of the lack of give necessary to accommodate the cuts.