Fun With Numbers: Let’s Estimate Double-Dipper Artee Williams’ Pension!
Just how much money is Artee Williams, the double-dipping director of the Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Services, pulling down? The Arkansas Project is here to help you figure that out. Let's go to the...
View ArticleDon’t Forget That The Arkansas Unemployment Insurance Nightmare Is Still A...
The nightmare that is the state unemployment insurance program has slipped from the front pages, so let’s check in to remind ourselves what’s going on there, and what happens next. As you’ll recall,...
View ArticleStudy: Now Let’s Reform Disastrous Unemployment Insurance Program To Make It...
Ugh, the Arkansas unemployment insurance (UI) system, what a mess, am I right, people? What, oh, what could ever be done to fix such a terrible program, that is what you are sitting around wondering...
View ArticleForest Fracas: Just What DOES It Take To Lose Your Job In the Beebe...
Arkansas Forestry Commission chief John Shannon is feeling the heat now that his agency is some $4 million in the hole—and Gov. Mike Beebe’s asking lawmakers for an extra $2.7 million to clean things...
View ArticleMore Budget Scrutiny for State Agencies? Why, Yes, Let’s Have Some of That!
Erroneous headline alert! Erroneous headline alert! A story over at the Arkansas News Bureau reports that “After Forestry Commission flap, state agencies’ budgets to get more scrutiny.” I’m sure that...
View ArticleAuditors: State Unemployment Overpayments Only $44 Million!
A long-awaited audit of the state unemployment insurance (UI) program was the focus of a legislative hearing Tuesday, and since that’s been a subject of interest here on The Arkansas Project lo these...
View ArticleThe Cost of Cronyism
Yesterday I reported on the state’s hiring of an uncertified, unqualified sign language interpreter, Miss Clara Taylor. You may recall that there were eight other applicants for the position, seven of...
View ArticleBill Walker On Interpreter Hire: “I’m Comfortable With The Decision That Was...
KATV has released a partial transcript of conversations that took place at the personnel committee hearing on Tuesday in Little Rock. Below are some of the more interesting excerpts. Enjoy! Director...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of Corruption, Bill Walker Style
I reported on July 18th that the Legislative Council’s Personnel Services committee was reviewing the hiring of Miss Clara Taylor–a woman who was hired to serve as a sign language interpreter for the...
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