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Supreme Court hears major challenge to campaign spending limits

(WASHINGTON) -- As candidates and political parties gear up for the 2026 midterm election campaign, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether long-standing legal limits on coordinated spending -- enacted to prevent corruption -- violate the First Amendment.The case was brought by Republican... Read More.
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Congressman Bruce Westerman discusses spending issues

The Congressionally approved program to provide food and medicine to foreign countries has come under fire from the White House and from Elon Musk, who is heading efforts to reduce government spending. Revelations that the program has spent millions and trillions of dollars have many... Read More.
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Council approves temporary spending guidelines

By Ray King The Pine Bluff City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution extending the spending guidelines at the same level as was approved in the 2021 budget. The resolution sponsored by Mayor Shirley Washington notes that the city has not currently approved a 2022 budget... Read More.

Boozman critical of President’s spending plan

WASHINGTON––U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is warning Americans about the negative consequences of President Biden’s reckless tax and spending agenda. “The president’s plan would be an absolute gut punch to our family farmers and rural America as a whole, especially as inflation continues to skyrocket... Read More.
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Jefferson County collections, spending up over 2020

Through May of this year, Jefferson County had collected $10.5 million more than through May 2020 and spent just over $10 million more. According to the county’s financial report which County Treasurer Vonysha Goodwin presented during the Quorum Court meeting Monday, Jefferson County had collected... Read More.

Panel formed to look at spending COVID money

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday formed a panel to come up with ways to spend the $1.5 billion the state is receiving from the latest federal coronavirus relief package. The Republican governor formed a 15-member steering committee for the... Read More.