Shannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, speaks during Monday’s news conference to unveil a $300 million plan for state highways as Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren (center) and Arkansas Good Roads Foundation Executive Director Joe Quinn look on. (Photo courtesy of Governor’s Office) By Sarah Campbell-Miller, Arkansas Business, Feb. 14, 2019 While […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces his highway plan as (from left) House Speaker Matthew Shepherd, Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren, Arkansas Good Roads Foundation Executive Director Joe Quinn and Arkansas Trucking Association President Shannon Newton look on. (Photo courtesy of Governor’s Office) By Steve Brawner, Talk Business & Politics, Feb. 11, 2019 Gov. Asa Hutchinson […]
By Steve Brawner, Talk Business & Politics, February 7, 2019 A coalition of statewide organizations has written an open letter to legislators supporting “meaningful” increased road funding. The coalition, which released its letter Feb. 6, includes the Arkansas Good Roads Foundation, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Municipal League, Association of Arkansas Counties Foundation, Associated […]
By Marty Cook, Arkansas Business, Jan. 28, 2019 Every day when I take my 8-year-old daughter to school, she wants to listen to AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell.” She calls it “Highway to School.” She is not a morning person or an excited-to-go-to-school person; she is certainly my daughter, though. Anyway, I was thinking about that […]
By Wesley Brown, Talk Business & Politics, January 28, 2019 State Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, on Monday surprised some legislators and policymakers at the State Capitol by filing a potentially controversial bill that combines portions of legislation he sponsored in 2015 and 2017 to provide an intermediate funding solution to Arkansas’ growing highway needs. House […]
By Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 22, 2019 Some of 23 state lawmakers who pledged with a Washington, D.C.-based group to vote against tax increases disagree whether a vote to refer a tax increase for highways to voters would run afoul of their pledge. The group is Americans for Tax Reform, founded by Grover […]