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'Ted Mullenix'

Ask the Times: What's up along Third Street near the Capitol?

IT Arkansas job board

Governor puts lobbyist on Capitol Zoning commission

Gov. Asa Hutchinson today appointed Julie Mullenix to the Capitol Zoning District Commission. That commission will be overseeing a development for her company.
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LR City Hall agenda: Sales taxes

The Little Rock City Board of Directors has  scheduled a vote on a resolution asking for a meeting with the Arkansas congressional delegation about federal legislation to allow cities to recapture sales tax revenue lost to Internet sales.

Real deals: A lobbyist penthouse; new apartments in Quapaw; new use for historic house

A variety of regulatory agencies will be in play as three interesting real estate developments move toward approval, beginning with hearings before committees of the Capitol Zoning District Commission this week.
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UPDATE: More to come on the workings of special interests and legislators

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette joined the chase this morning on hidden ties of lobbyists and legislators, with its own reporting on Claudia Lauer's report on a political group's funneling of money to Asa Hutchinson's chief of staff, Michael Lamoureux.

ALEC, Scott Walker and cozy lobbying opportunities

Talking Points Memo connects many of the dots related to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), state legislators (generally Republicans attending on state taxpayer money), presidential candidate Scott Walker and the corporate agenda written into legislation there. They are prime, discreet and often tax-deductible lobbying opportunities with legislative delegations and Arkansas lobbyists and lawmakers play the game.
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The open line and an open question on the special session

An open line poses a lingering question for the special session: Can Oaklawn stop a lottery expansion? Plus, bad news for lottery performance and former Arkansas State Police Director John Bailey is named director of the Union Rescue Mission.

Meet Legislator X: John Burris

 I wrote this morning at some length about one of many interesting campaign finance reports on file at the secre tary of state's office.
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Mental health care update

I mentioned yesterday some rumbling about possible resistance to new rules aimed at improving care and controlling costs for the state's huge outlay on residential mental health treatment.

Lobbyists circle on mental treatment

The legislative council's joint rules committee will convene tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. to review new state rules governing reimbursement procedures for organizations that provide residential care for the mentally ill. You may recall in years past that we learned Arkansas spent an extraordinarily disproportionate amount, around $250 million a year on residential treatment, in part because of the lobbying influence of the industry.
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