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State elections official mum on reform plan to bar noncitizen voting

By Metric Media News Service | Mar 14, 2023

Arkansas' elections chief, Secretary of State John Thurston, did not respond to a request for comment about a reform plan proposed by the advocacy group Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) to bar all noncitizens from voting in any Arkansas election.

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Arkansas homicide rate estimated at 10.6 per 100,000 last year, FBI reports

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 6, 2021

Arkansas last year recorded a homicide rate of 10.6 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 4.6 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.

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Arkansas received $1.94 billion in school stimulus funds during pandemic

By Metric Media News Service | Sep 29, 2021

The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Arkansas received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $1.94 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

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Malvern is worst city in Arkansas for commuters, new study finds

By Metric Media News Service | Aug 11, 2021

The average travel time to get to work in Malvern is now 26.6 minutes, making it the worst city for commuting in Arkansas, according to a new analysis from the insurance comparison website Insurify.

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Arkansas lost $54 million in 2019 due to migration, study finds

By Metric Media News Service | Jun 11, 2021

The collective wealth of Arkansas residents decreased $54 million in 2019 due to population migration trends, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website.

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Top marginal tax rate in Arkansas could reach 55.94% under Biden plan

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 22, 2020

Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Arkansas could hit 55.94 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson gets ‘B’ grade for fiscal management

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 7, 2020

Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson received a grade of “B” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for his tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.

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Arkansas to lose $60.8 million in tax revenue from hotel industry this year

By Metric Media News Service | Jul 17, 2020

Arkansas will lose $60.8 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.