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And speaking of the rich: How they game campaign financing

More reporting on the sewer of dark money and law workarounds in Arkansas campaign finance.
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More lies for the man in the white robe, Sen. Charles Beckham, this time paid by dark money

More dirt thrown against a Republican candidate for state Senate. Dark money this time.
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Campaign financing: More bang for your bucks through cloned PACs

A handful of people can clone multiple political action committees to increase their influence.

A victory for Obamacare in Republican primary

A special election for state Senate was a victory for Obamacare. Really.
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PAC cloning turns up in special Republican Senate election

A three-way Republican primary for the state Senate seat held by the late Greg Standridge holds a bit more interest than normal because the winner, if successful against a Democratic nominee, could be a critical vote in amassing 

Vote No on Issue 3 says an independent ballot committee

Here's the background behind recent advertising opposing Issue 3, the handout of tax money to private business and corporate lobbyists.
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Last night, the private option won: Five out of six pro-PO Republican incumbents defeated anti-PO challengers

It was a big night for Gov. Asa Hutchinson and backers of the private option.

In GOP civil war over private option, Asa Hutchinson takes sides in primary battles

The governor throws his weight behind Republican legislators who will back his health care plan. The Tea Party, and their big-money backer in Fayetteville, ain't happy.
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Ethics complaint filed against lawmakers and PAC who backed private option

Jeff Oland of Farmington filed a complaint with the Ethics Commission today against the PAC Conservative Arkansas and its four officers (which includes Rep. Jana Della Rosa), Sen. Jon Woods, and former Rep. John Burris.

Americans for Prosperity slams Gov. Asa Hutchinson on private option

As I noted earlier today, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is hoping to add some conservative bells and whistles to the private option, but that doesn't change the fact that he is recommending a continuation of the Obamacare-funded Medicaid coverage expansion in Arkansas.  Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas, the conservative advocacy group that has poured millions of dollars into legislative races in the last two cycles, is not satisfied with Hutchinson's effort to re-brand.
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Post-ethics Arkansas: cloning PACs to dodge ban on corporate contributions

Ethics amendment? What ethics amendment? Even the limit on corporate campaign contributions is being rendered meaningless by cloing of PACs that can redistribute corporate contributions.

Senate GOP leader complains of intraparty criticism

Doug Thompson writes for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about a talk by Senate Republican leader Jim Hendren, unhappy about intraparty criticism from a group that has made support of the private option version of expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare a chief rallying point for primary opposition to other Republicans.
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