Working People Should Be First Every Year Arkansas families were promised tax relief, but right now they’re being told to “wait their turn.” This week state Rep. Tippi McCullough (D-Little Rock) asked Republican Senate President Jonathan Dismang (Searcy) and House Revenue and Taxation Chair Joe Jett (Success) why the governor’s tax cut plan goes almost exclusively to the wealthiest. What was their …
Momentum Building To End Slavery In Arkansas Prisons
Arkansas Among Last In Nation To Force People To Labor Without Pay There are very few places left where you can find people toiling in fields for no pay. Arkansas is one of those places — for the time being. On Wednesday, State Rep. Vivian Flowers (D – Pine Bluff) introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Arkansas Constitution …
Democrats Make a Splash on First Two Days of the General Session
Democrats already showing they are ready to get to work. Our lawmakers started out the 92nd General Assembly by putting forward a positive vision for the session. Their agenda includes quality pre-K, supporting rural roads, and tax relief focused on the middle class – not just the wealthy. Democrats in the Arkansas Legislature responded to Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s State …
Terri Hollingsworth Makes History as First Black Woman Elected to County-wide Office
Arkansas’s Largest County Chooses Progress Pulaski County Circuit Clerk Terri Hollingsworth was sworn in on New Years Day. Her election as the first African-American female to be elected county-wide in Pulaski County shattered a glass ceiling. The longtime Democrat has held numerous positions across the county and state government, including director of the state Board of Election Commissioners. Hollingsworth also has been …
El Dorado’s Glass Ceiling: Smith-Creer Becomes First Woman & First African-American Mayor
There is a new day for leadership in south Arkansas. Veronica Smith-Creer has been sworn in as the next mayor of El Dorado. She emerged from a three-way race to become the first woman and the first African-American to serve as the town’s mayor. Smith-Creer said she too was thankful for the community support she received during her campaign and …
West Memphis Unity: First African-American Mayor Takes Office
The Delta hub of West Memphis has officially sworn in Mayor Marco McClendon. The mayor is the youngest in the Mississippi River town’s history, and its first African-American to lead the city government. “I plan on working with everyone in my community no matter what color you are,” McClendon said. McClendon said he wants to create a land bank in …