Recent stories by Michael R. Wickline
Arkansas treasurer seeks to raise aides' pay
State Treasurer Dennis Milligan wants to boost the maximum-authorized salaries of his two chief deputy treasurers by 6 percent to $111,295 and increase the high end of the range of salaries for his ot...
November 16, 2018
State budget proposal $125M more than '19; Hutchinson factors in revenue reductions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday proposed a state general-revenue budget for next fiscal year that is $125.2 million more than this year's budget, with most of the increase going to human services and...
November 15, 2018
State treasury's 1Q earnings rise; $25.4M called 10-year record
The state treasury's interest earnings for July-September reached $25.4 million, the best performance in any quarter in 10 years, the state Board of Finance learned Tuesday.
The fiscal 2019 first-quar...
November 14, 2018
Governor reiterates pledge to fix roads
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that there is a lot of work to do to develop a consensus in the Legislature for a long-term highway improvement plan.
"My purpose of being here today is tell you that ...
November 14, 2018
King-size jackpots give Arkansas Scholarship Lottery record October
Buoyed by $1.5 billion Mega Millions and $700 million Powerball jackpots, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's revenue of $57.5 million in October was the second-largest of any month for the 9-year-old ...
November 10, 2018
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson examines 2nd-term priorities; another tax cut among key goals
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that he's hoping for bipartisan support in the Legislature for his four major plans -- another income tax cut, an increase in the minimum pay for teachers, a governm...
November 8, 2018
Casino measure wins Arkansas voters' support
Arkansas voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to allow the state to issue licenses for four full-fledged casinos.
Voters also approved Issue 2 on voter identification and Issue 5 on r...
November 7, 2018
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gets four more years as state's leader
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday handily won re-election to a second four-year term.
The Republican governor defeated Democratic candidate Jared Henderson of Little Rock and Libertarian Mark West of Bat...
November 7, 2018
October revenue reaches $510M
State government's general-revenue collections in October increased by $9.4 million compared with the same month a year ago to $510 million and exceeded the state's forecast by $3 million.
Sales and u...
November 5, 2018
Democrats hope for momentum, Republicans aim to expand in Arkansas election
Arkansas Democrats hope to gain some ground in public offices decided in Tuesday's general election, while Arkansas Republicans aim to expand their control of the Legislature.
A surge of people has ca...
November 4, 2018