Sen. Jake Files paid off a $6,868.16 hot check the same day he got a $30,000 loan from lobbyist Bruce Hawkins, records obtained by the Arkansas Times show.
The Ethics Commission should look at the loan lobbyist Bruce Hawkins made to Sen. Jake Files. Was it effectively a gift? And why did it take so long for him to report it?
The hot rumors that the federal investigation of Mike Maggio has spread into other lobbyist/legislator relations has sent me to perusing lobbyist activity report, beginning with Gilbert Baker, the bagman for campaign contributions to Maggio and a number of other political candidates, both judges and legislators.
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.
High-powered lobbyist Bruce Hawkins, through rules dodging and high-powered Republican legislative help, is on the verge of passing a bill to let an out-of-state company off the hook for paying for damages to people exposed to asbestos.
The drinks are on Arkansas State University and big-time lobbyist Bruce Hawkins today as legislators get down to serious inaugural day partying. No, the average taxpayer is NOT invited.
The state Ethics Commission held a closed-door hearing today on its staff investigation of an ethics complaint against Circuit Judge Mike Maggio over campaign contributions he'd received from PACs financed by
Lawyer says petition drives for alcohol sales elections in three counties and statewide are progressing well. The county measures should make the ballot. A campaign sidelight: Alcohol sales foe Sen. Jason Rapert has benefitted financially from alcohol-scented money from Conway County, where dealers would prefer to keep their regional monopoly on alcohol sales.
Voters motivated by religious beliefs are invariably sincere. But it doesn't mean they aren't useful foils. A couple of good examples concern drinking and gambling.
This mailer is going out in Faulkner County. It's meant to discourage voters from signing petitions for an election in November to vote Faulkner County wet. Currently, alcohol is only available in "private clubs." It's a tussle that could go statewide between beer sellers and county line liquor stores